Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
title-holder is a noun meaning "someone who has won first place in a competition". It carries one recorded sense.
someone who has won first place in a competition
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for title-holder come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.