record holder

noun

: the person or thing that has achieved something no other person or thing has achieved : a person or thing that holds a record

He is the marathon world record holder.

They're developing an airplane that is expected to be faster than the current record holder.

Examples of record holder in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The record holder for largest concert crowd in history — according to Guinness World Records — remains Rod Stewart, who attracted a crowd of over 4 million to Copacabana Beach on New Year’s Eve in 1994. —Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2025

The previous world record holder for largest art canvas, Emad Salehi, painted a 9,652 square meters or just over 100,000 square feet. —Rachel Raposas, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025

The previous record holder was Monster Hunter World, which sold 6 million units in the same timeframe. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025

Jim Walmsley, the current course record holder, famously took a wrong turn in 2016 and then pulled out of the race in 2017 before winning in 2018 and setting the course record in 2019. —Devin Kelly, Outside Online, 3 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for record holder

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