Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
title holder
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Initially Karpov was to suffer from the stigma of achieving world championship status without combat against the title holder.
Usage examples of "title holder".
Pug was title holder to the property of Stardock and since he had left she had assumed control of the community.
While the giant ape crushes my hand, I realize it's Hewey, the title holder in Ireland, the seaman Mary had picked up at Pier 23 the day I first met Ted Casey.
The ring announcer then says into the microphone, 'The winner is Bozo Maloney, the welterweight champion of Victoria and now the national title holder in the welterweight division.
It would pit the United States champion, Conrad Greene, against the Oriental title holder, a Korean named Chan Loo Due.