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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENGROSSER

n.He or that which takes the whole; a person who purchases the whole or such quantities of articles in a market as to raise the price. 1. One who copies a writing in large, fair characters.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENGROSSER

ENGROSSER En *gross "er, n.

 

1. One who copies a writing in large, fair characters.

 

2. One who takes the whole; a person who purchases such quantities of articles in a market as to raise the price; a forestaller. Locke.