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 previous record holder amongst actresses was Geraldine Page who won for The Trip To Bountiful at the 1986 Oscars 32 years after her first nomination for Hondo. —Katie Campione, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026

Woody Allen is the outright record holder for Best Original Screenplay, having won three times for Annie Hall (1977), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), and Midnight in Paris (2011). —Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026

Oregon’s Peyton Bair dominated the competition on Day 1 in the heptathlon with 3,675 points, only trailing collegiate record holder Kyle Garland’s pace from the 2023 indoor championships. —ABC News, 13 Mar. 2026

There’s a driver celebrating even more F1 race appearances than Alonso, the current official driver record holder with 425 grands prix and counting. —Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for record holder

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