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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who acts or lives frugally.

   "Who says the marked price is the price you must pay?" asks the frugalist at his blog."

Antonyms

All antonyms

spendthrift

Example

More examples

"Who says the marked price is the price you must pay?" asks the frugalist at his blog."

Etymology

From frugal + -ist. Piecewise doublet of frugalista.

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