engrossern.
/ɛnˈɡrəʊsə/ One who engrosses.† 1.
a. One who buys in large quantities, esp. with the view of being able to secure a monopoly. Also, one who buys up large quantities of land, or obtains possession of many tenements, to the detriment of his neighbours. Obsolete exc. Historical.
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society > trade and finance > trader > agent or broker > [noun] > middleman > buying up for resale or monopoly
regratorc1390
forestaller14..
regraterc1400
engrosserc1460
grey merchant1542
grosser?1542
forebuyer1558
ingrater1583
market-monger1629
pin-hooker1885
mailer1950
switch dealer1967
c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) 135 The said brogers and engrossers of offices.
1549 H. Latimer 1st Serm. before Kynges Grace sig. Ciiiv Ingrossers of tenamentes & landes, thorough whose couetousnes, villages decaye and fall downe.
a1610 J. Healey Life Epictetus in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) sig. A6 That is, to the vnlearned engrosser of books.
1692 T. Tryon Good House-wife (ed. 2) xix. 171 The first Ingrossers and Buyers thereof [Canary] were Apothecaries.
1778 R. H. Lee in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) II. 216 An artificial scarcity, created in the midst of plenty, by an infamous set of engrossers.
1783 E. Burke in 9th Rep. Select Comm. Admin. Justice Bengal, Bahar & Orissa iii. 36 The Engrossers of Opium.
b. One who ‘monopolizes’ or obtains exclusive possession of (anything).
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the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > exclusive
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1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. E4 v My Lord of Essex..was noted for too bold an Ingrosser, both of fame, and favor.
1729 J. Gay Polly iii. v. 55 I am for no engrosser of power.
1782 V. Knox Ess. 119 (R.) The engrossers of that part of the creation which God and nature have constituted free.
1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf v, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 108 You should, in compassion, cease to be such an engrosser.
2. One who copies (a document) in large fair character, or in legal style; †an engrossing clerk.
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society > communication > writing > writer > [noun] > professional writer > types of
text-writer1463
scribelet1599
engrosser1606
under-scribe1612
answer-jobber1712
cocket writer1743
figure-servant1850
texter1884
1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. B3v Euerie market day you may take him in Cheape-side, poorely attirde like an Ingrosser.
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