Meanings
proper noun
- A surname from Middle English.
- abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Thomas Malthus, English demographer and political economist, who proposed that population growth always exceeds the growth of the necessary food supply.
Enough for us to understand that Heuschrecke is a disciple of Malthus ; and so zealous for the doctrine, that his zeal almost literally eats him up.
1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Helotage”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 156
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