monopolist

[Eng. monopol ( y ); -ist.] 1. One who monopolizes; one who has a monopoly or exclusive command over any branch of trade, or article of production; one who is licensed for the exclusive manufacture, sale, or purchase of any article; one who buys up the whole available stock of any commodity in order to resell at an advanced price. 2. One who a umes or claims the right to anything to the exclusion of others. "Some green heads, as void of wit as thought, Suppose themselves monopolists of sense. Cowper: Conversation, 625. mon-op-o-list-Ic, a. In a manner intended to acquire a monopoly. *mon-o-pol-1-tan, s . [Eng. monopoly; t connective; suff. -an.] A monopolist or monopolizer. "Mono pol i tans of starch, tin, fish, cloth, ."- Oldys : Life of Sir W. Raleigh. *mo-nop-o-lite, s . [MONOPOLY.] A monopolist. "You march ant mercers, and monopolites ." Sylvester: Du Bartas; day 3, wk. 1, 522. mo-nop-o-lize, v . t . [Eng. monopol ( y ); -ize .] 1. To obtain or po e a monopoly of; to have exclusive command over for production, sale, or purchase. 2. To obtain or hold exclusive po e ion of; to engro . "It is natural that they should demand a division of the common property among all the citizens rather than allow it to be monopolized by a few unscrupulous men." Lewis: Cred. Early Roman Hist. (1855), ii. 181.