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語源

From key +‎ holder.

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名詞

keyholder (plural keyholders)

1. One who holds the key for security reasons.

   Synonym: claviger

2. A device or component for holding a key.
3. (cryptography) The individual or organization with access to a cryptographic key.
   • 1978, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, page 32:

     A key duplicating machine comprising […] a keyholder attached to said shaft, said keyholder providing for holding a key blank and an existing key having notches thereon; […]

4. (BDSM) A dominant partner who locks their submissive partner in a chastity belt or chastity cage, or otherwise controls whether the submissive partner is able or allowed to receive orgasms or sexual stimulation.

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