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gentrifier

noun

Etymology

From gentrify + -er.

  1. derived from genterie
  2. suffixed as gentrify — “gentry + fy”
  3. suffixed as gentrifier — “gentrify + er”

Definitions

  1. An agent of gentrification.

    • This real-estate drama, however, has a twist: one of the area's gentrifiers is a stylish new restaurant and performance space opened by Michael Dorf, the founder of the Knitting Factory.

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