forestaller

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noun

One who preemptively purchases goods in order to drive up their market price for resale.

OriginMiddle English forstaller →
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Meanings

nounforestaller (plural forestallers)

plural forestallers

  1. Agent noun of forestall: one who, or that which, forestalls.
    1. historicalOne who preemptively purchases goods in order to drive up their market price for resale.
    2. historicalrail transportA device that overrides an automatic brake signal.
    3. archaiclawOne who obstructs a road, especially in order to intercept traffic.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishforstaller
  2. Englishforestaller

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

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APA

forestaller. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forestaller

MLA

“forestaller.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forestaller. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forestaller,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forestaller.

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