[f. BOND sb.1 9 + HOLDER.] A person who holds a bond or bonds granted by a private person or by a public company or government, as Egyptian bondholder, a holder of Egyptian government bonds.
So Bondholding a.
1844. N. Amer. Rev., Jan., 139. This law amounted to a contract made by the State and the Banks with every bond-holder.
1865. Railw. News, Dec., 595/1. It was also resolved that a committee of preference bondholders should be appointed.
1868. Morning Star, 2 June. The Eastern *bondholding wing of the Democracy.
1880. Lord Hatherly, Law Rep., 5 App. Cases 189. On behalf of the bondholders, who advanced their money upon the bonds of the company.
