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forestaller

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fore-staller
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Agent noun of forestall: one who, or that which, forestalls.

noun

Agent noun of forestall: one who, or that which, forestalls.

noun

Agent noun of forestall: one who, or that which, forestalls.

Archaic

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

forestallers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

forestallment

Questions

What does forestaller mean?
Agent noun of forestall: one who, or that which, forestalls.
Where does forestaller come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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