Plural of copyholder; multiple people who hold and read copy aloud during the proofreading process.
From 'copyholder' plus the plural suffix '-s'. The term refers to the profession that was common in printing and publishing houses.
Reading aloud was so important to catching errors that in some printing houses, copyholders were highly valued employees—their ears literally added value to the final product.
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