forestaller
English
noun
Definitions
- A person who forestalls, especially one who buys goods before they can be sold on the open market in anticipation of rising prices
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forstaller suffix from English forestall.
Origin
English
forestall
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forestall English
- forestallable English
- forestallest English
- forestalleth English
- forestalling English
- forestallment English
- stall English
- forestallen Middle English
- forstaller Middle English