forestaller
forestaller · forestallers
Agent noun of forestall: one who, or that which, forestallsAgent noun of forestall: one who, or that which, forestalls.: One who preemptively purchases goods in order to drive up their market price for resale.
Meaning
3 sensesAgent noun of forestall: one who, or that which, forestalls.
(historical)One who preemptively purchases goods in order to drive up their market price for resale.
(historical)A device that overrides an automatic brake signal.
(archaic)One who obstructs a road, especially in order to intercept traffic.
Origin
From Middle English forstaller, forstallor, forstallar, equivalent to forestall + -er.From Middle English forstaller, forstallor, forstallar, equivalent to forestall + -er.
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Forms
plural: forestallers| Singular | forestaller |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedforestallment