MONOPOLIST

monopolist, monopolizer, monopoliser

(noun) someone who monopolizes the means of producing or selling something

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

monopolist (plural monopolists)

One who has, or attempts to acquire, a monopoly on something.

Antonyms

• monopsonist

Source: Wiktionary


Mo*nop"o*list, n.

Definition: One who monopolizes; one who has a monopoly; one who favors monopoly.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

26 October 2024

CONSCIENTIOUS

(adjective) guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong; “a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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