Mo-nŏp′o-list or Mo-nŏp′o-liz′er, n.

n. [It. & Sp. monopolista, Fr. monopoleur.] One who monopolizes; a person who engrosses a commodity by purchasing the whole of that article in market, for the sake of selling at an advanced price; or one who has a license, or privilege granted by authority, for the sole buying or selling of any commodity.