inholder

English

Etymology

From inhold +‎ -er.

Noun

inholder (plural inholders)

1. An indweller, or anything indwelling; inhabitant; occupant.
   • 1990 Jul/Aug, J. Poppy, “Back-to-the-landers vs. the Feds”, in Mother Earth News:

     They maintain that the Forest Service has been pointedly harassing them and thousands of other "inholders" across the nation -- people who own property inside areas managed by the government -- in order to discourage them, set up "precondemnation blight" and force them off their land.

   • 1995 Jan/Feb, Bill Sherwonit, “Striking a Balance”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 69, number 1/2, page 26:

     Inholders, even those in wilderness areas, are guaranteed " reasonable access " to their properties.

   • 1996 Sep/Oct, David Helvarg, “Open Hostilities”, in National Parks, volume 70, number 9/10, page 36:

     The 1988 Wise Use Agenda … went well beyond the demands of their social base among inholders and concessioners.

2. (obsolete, in the abstract) The active forces of nature. (Can we add an example for this sense?)