Definition of runholder in English:

runholder

nounˈrʌnhəʊldə

Australian, NZ

A person who owns or manages a sheep station or cattle station.
he was a soldier who became a wealthy runholder
Example sentencesExamples
- With help from the runholder and his packhorses, they went up the West Matukituki.
- If the price of wool should drop many of these runholders will be in serious financial difficulties.
- He was a southern runholder and a Liberal politician.
- They were a good type of sheep for the runholders who depended on wool for their income.
- They were not welcomed by their runholder neighbours at first - relationships were testy at best.
- The church was built in memory of the pioneer runholders of the Mackenzie area.
- He got all his numerical facts wrong and then blamed the runholders for giving him dodgy data.
- Runholders had received collectively 58 per cent of the reformed pastoral estate as freehold.
- Their house became a social centre for the runholders.
- These sturdy people are the fabric of any provincial town - runholders, small farmers, merchants and artisans.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from run in the Australian sense 'an extensive tract of land used for the raising of stock'.

单词	runholder
释义	Definition of runholder in English: runholder nounˈrʌnhəʊldə Australian, NZ A person who owns or manages a sheep station or cattle station. he was a soldier who became a wealthy runholder Example sentencesExamples With help from the runholder and his packhorses, they went up the West Matukituki. If the price of wool should drop many of these runholders will be in serious financial difficulties. He was a southern runholder and a Liberal politician. They were a good type of sheep for the runholders who depended on wool for their income. They were not welcomed by their runholder neighbours at first - relationships were testy at best. The church was built in memory of the pioneer runholders of the Mackenzie area. He got all his numerical facts wrong and then blamed the runholders for giving him dodgy data. Runholders had received collectively 58 per cent of the reformed pastoral estate as freehold. Their house became a social centre for the runholders. These sturdy people are the fabric of any provincial town - runholders, small farmers, merchants and artisans. Origin Mid 19th century: from run in the Australian sense 'an extensive tract of land used for the raising of stock'.
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