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titleholder

American  
[tahyt-l-hohl-der] / ˈtaɪt lˌhoʊl dər /

noun

  1. a person who holds a title.

  2. Sports. a person who holds a championship; present champion.

titleholder British  
/ ˈtaɪtəlˌhəʊldə /

noun

  1. a person who holds a title, esp a sporting championship

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • titleholding adjective

Etymology

Origin of titleholder

First recorded in 1900–05; title + holder

Example Sentences

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They no longer manage demolition, but they are the titleholder to publicly-owned land, and are still the largest single landowner in the city of Detroit.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

The 2018 titleholder, Catriona Gray, urged her 13.8 million Instagram followers to help a charity bring safe drinking water to thousands left homeless by back-to-back super typhoons in the Philippines.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

Savannah Gankiewicz of Hawaii was crowned Miss USA 2023 on Wednesday, more than a week after the previous titleholder resigned citing her mental health.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024

Main lived to be the “Vintage Queen” — the oldest living titleholder in Tournament of Roses history.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023

Twice champion of the USSR, he’d won the 1958 Portorož Interzonal, becoming a front runner to play the incumbent titleholder, Mikhail Botvinnik, for the World Championship in 1960.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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