forestaller
1Forestaller — Fore*stall er, n. One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market. Locke. [1913 Webster] …
2forestaller — forestall ► VERB 1) prevent or obstruct (something anticipated) by taking advance action. 2) anticipate and prevent the action of. DERIVATIVES forestaller noun forestalment noun. ORIGIN from Old English, «an ambush» …
3forestaller — lə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English forstaller, forestaller, from forstallen, forestallen + er 1. : one that forestalls; broadly : middleman 3a 2 …
4forestaller — noun see forestall …
5forestaller — See forestall. * * * …
6forestaller — noun A person who forestalls, especially one who buys goods before they can be sold on the open market in anticipation of rising prices …
7forestaller — n. one who acts in advance; one who prevents or thwarts …
8forestaller — fore·stall·er …
9forestaller — In old English law, obstruction; hindrance; the offense of stopping the highway; the hindering a tenant from coming to his land; intercepting a deer before it can regain the forest. Also one who forestalls; one who commits the offense of… …
10forestaller — In old English law, obstruction; hindrance; the offense of stopping the highway; the hindering a tenant from coming to his land; intercepting a deer before it can regain the forest. Also one who forestalls; one who commits the offense of… …