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forestaller

Today it means: One who preemptively purchases goods in order to drive up their market price for resale. Full definition →

Middle English forstaller

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Middle English · inherited fromforstaller
English todayforestaller

From Middle English forstaller, forstallor, forstallar, equivalent to forestall + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.