Holt n Harold Edward. 1908--67, Australian statesman; prime minister (1966--67); believed drowned
holt [1]
n
Archaic or poetic a wood or wooded hill
(Old English holt; related to Old Norse holt, Old High German holz, Old Slavonic kladu log, Greek klados twig)
holt [2]
n the burrowed lair of an animal, esp. an otter
(C16: a phonetic variant of hold2)