forestaller

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English forstaller, forstallor, forstallar, equivalent to forestall +‎ -er. === Noun === forestaller (plural forestallers) Agent noun of forestall: one who, or that which, forestalls. (chiefly historical) One who preemptively purchases goods in order to drive up their market price for resale. Hypernyms: price gouger, profiteer (rail transport, historical) A device that overrides an automatic brake signal. (law, archaic) One who obstructs a road, especially in order to intercept traffic. ==== Related terms ==== forestallment