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

Messi missed an early penalty for Argentina, but strikes in either half moved him to 18 goals at the World Cup, two clear of previous record holder Miroslav Klose. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 23 June 2026

The company’s $75 billion fundraise more than doubled that of the previous record holder, Saudi Aramco ($26 billion) and dwarfed the IPOs of tech giants Meta ($16 billion) and Uber ($8 billion). — Mary Johnstone-Louis, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026

The offering leapfrogs SpaceX to become the largest global IPO, surpassing the current record holder, Saudi Aramco. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 12 June 2026

Clark reached these milestones in just 54 career games, while the previous record holder, WNBA all-time leading scorer Diana Taurasi, needed 62. — Sean Gregory, Time, 9 June 2026

Rhymes for record holder

• officeholder
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