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 find eclipses the previous record holder — a roughly 14-pound Terslev hoard — and weighs nearly three times as much. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Marathon world record holder Ruth Chepng'etich is serving a three-year doping ban after joining the many elite-level Kenyan runners suspended over the past decade. — ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026

The 48-year gap between his two most recent wins set a new record, besting the previous record holder, Reiner’s dad, Carl Reiner, according to Variety. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026

Hyrox did not name Wietrzyk in an official statement shared on Instagram following the backlash the world record holder in the women’s solo event has faced since the elite event over the weekend. — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for record holder

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