A person who buys commodities (esp. food) in order to sell them on at a profit; a retailer; = regrater, n. 1. Now historical.

One who buys up goods before they reach the public market. Also forestaller of the market.

A person who buys commodities (esp. food) in order to sell them on at a profit; a retailer. Also in extended use. Cf. regrate, v.1

One who buys in large quantities, esp. with the view of being able to secure a monopoly. Also, one who buys up large quantities of land, or…

(in Ireland) an itinerant merchant; spec. one who buys up goods before they reach the public market; = forestaller, n. 1.

= engrosser, n. 1.

One who buys at first hand to sell again, a wholesale buyer.

A regrater or forestaller.

a person who monopolizes or buys up the whole of the market in a commodity.

A speculator who buys tobacco when the price is low, in the expectation of selling it on later at a profit.

South African slang. A person who purchases liquor from a shop and resells it to an illicit liquor dealer or shebeener. Now historical.