Engrosser

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who copies a piece of writing in large, attractive characters.
  2. 2
    One who takes the whole; a purchaser of such quantities in a market as to raise the price; a forestaller.

    "if the engrossing be of all the commodity , and it be of general use , the price is at the will of the engrosser"

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"if the engrossing be of all the commodity , and it be of general use , the price is at the will of the engrosser"

Etymology

From engross + -er.

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