Noun
titleholder (plural titleholders)
The person who possesses a rank or title.
The titleholder of the world championship was dethroned when he declined to defend his title.
According to protocol any holder of a title indicating sovereignty took precedence over any non-sovereign titleholder. Source: Internet
A new US supercomputer called Summit is now the world's fastest machine ejecting China's Sunway TaihuLight which has been titleholder since the last five years but how long remains the major challenge. Source: Internet
For example, in titleholder system games, the current titleholder takes the king piece as the higher. Source: Internet
This was the start of the shogi title matches (see titleholder system ). Source: Internet
The Hungarian titleholder, with 18 wins in 19 fights, defends his title on promoter Frank Warren’s bill, screened by BT Sport and Box Nation. Source: Internet