<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A person or thing that holds copy.</li><li>A device for holding copy in its place, as on a printer's frame or on a typewriter.</li><li>A proofreader's assistant who reads copy aloud or follows it while proof is read for the detection of deviations from it in proof.</li><li>A person who holds an estate in copyhold.</li></ul>