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单词 forestaller
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Brit. /(ˌ)fɔːˈstɔːlə/, U.S. /fɔrˈstɔlər/, /fɔrˈstɑlər/
Etymology: < forestall v. + -er suffix1.
One who forestalls.
1. One who buys up goods before they reach the public market. Also forestaller of the market.
ΘΚΠ
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
1292 Britton i. xxi. §11 Et ausi de forstallours.]
14.. Chalmerlain Ayr i, in Sc. Stat. I Þe furth duelland for~stallaris of þe forsaid burgh.
1472 Presentm. Juries in Surtees Misc. (1890) 25 Forstallers of samen comyng toward the markett in Selby.
1527 J. Rastell Abridgem. Statutes (at cited word) Forstallers of wynes.
1629 Vse of Law 14 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light They are..to punish Forestallers, regrators, and engrossers.
1712 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 471 Goods forfeited by the Forestallers of the Market.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. iii. i. 164 A forestaller or two hung up at the doorlintels.
1881 W. R. Smith Old Test. in Jewish Church xii. 347 The landowners became merchants and forestallers of grain.
2. One who bars or obstructs the way. Obsolete.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [noun] > closing or shutting > one who closes or shuts > one who bars the way
forestaller1623
1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 62 They should..giue a signe with the trumpet, and descend and charge the forestallers of the knowne way.
3. A taster. Obsolete (? nonce-use.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > food taster or tester > [noun]
sayer1422
tasterc1440
tempterc1450
forestaller1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Preguste, a Taster, or Forestaller; one that takes th' essay of meats.
4. One who or that which acts in anticipation of another person or thing.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] > anticipation > one who anticipates or forestalls
anticipant1849
forestaller1870
1870 Daily News 15 Nov. That sweeping forestaller of letters, the telegraph.
1895 Westm. Gaz. 9 Oct. 7/2 The..withdrawal of Red Heart..is the most severe blow which ‘forestallers’ have received.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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