Forestaller

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A person who forestalls, especially one who buys goods before they can be sold on the open market in anticipation of rising prices
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who forestalls; one who purchases merchandise before it comes to market in order to raise the price.
  • Word Usage
    "To beg the question in debate, is vast economy of midnight oil, and a wholesale forestaller of wrinkles and gray hairs."