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French
Etymology
Borrowed from the legal Latin dētentor, from dētineō (whence détenir) + -tor (whence -teur).
Pronunciation
Noun
détenteur m (plural détenteurs, feminine détentrice)
- (law) holder
- holder (of e.g. a record)
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