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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834);
[syn: Malthus, Thomas Malthus, Thomas Robert Malthus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Malthus \Malthus\ prop. n. Thomas Robert Malthus, an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834). Syn: Thomas Malthus, Thomas Robert Malthus. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Malthus n 1: an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834) [syn: Malthus, Thomas Malthus, Thomas Robert Malthus]