forestaller

See also: föreställer

English

Etymology

From Middle English forstaller, forstallor, forstallar, equivalent to forestall +‎ -er.

Noun

forestaller (plural forestallers)

1. Agent noun of forestall: one who, or that which, forestalls.
   1. (chiefly historical) One who preemptively purchases goods in order to drive up their market price for resale.

      Hypernyms: price gouger, profiteer

   2. (rail transport, historical) A device that overrides an automatic brake signal.
   3. (law, archaic) One who obstructs a road, especially in order to intercept traffic.

Related terms

• forestallment