Gentrifier

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An agent of gentrification.

    "This real-estate drama, however, has a twist: one of the area's gentrifiers is a stylish new restaurant and performance space opened by Michael Dorf, the founder of the Knitting Factory."

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"This real-estate drama, however, has a twist: one of the area's gentrifiers is a stylish new restaurant and performance space opened by Michael Dorf, the founder of the Knitting Factory."

Etymology

From gentrify + -er.

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