Bot"tle*hold`er (?), n.
1.
One who attends a pugilist in a prize fight; -- so called from the bottle of water of which he has charge.
2.
One who assists or supports another in a contest; an abettor; a backer.
[Colloq.]
Lord Palmerston considered himself the bottleholder of oppressed states.
The London Times.
© Webster 1913.