runholder

/ˈɹʌnhəʊldə/

Etymology

From run (“rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep”) + holder. Run (noun) is derived from run (“(chiefly Australia, New Zealand) to allow (cattle, sheep, etc.) to graze and move freely on land; to raise (livestock)”, verb).

runholder means A person who leases or owns a run (“rural landholding for farming”), especially one for raising sheep. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

runholder is pronounced /ˈɹʌnhəʊldə/.

noun

A person who leases or owns a run (“rural landholding for farming”), especially one for raising sheep.“Edward Stafford […] was a member of the Anglo-Irish gentry and had arrived in Nelson in 1843 to become a runholder.”