shareholder

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SHA'REHOLDER, noun [share and holder.] One that holds or owns a share in a joint fund or property. One of the proprietors of the mine, who was a principle shareholder in the company, died. Med. Repos.
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