copyholder

noun3

1. •
   (historical) A person who rents land under the copyhold system.

   • Rents had risen so much […] that copyholders had to hire themselves out as wage labourers or shepherds. — 1972
2. •
   (old-fashioned) A device that holds copy in place for typesetting.
3. •
   (old-fashioned) A person who holds copy and reads it aloud to a proofreader, who checks the typeset text against it.