[f. CORNER v. 4 + -ER1.] Comm. One who makes a ‘corner’ in a particular stock or commodity; a corner-man.
1869. Daily News, 13 Oct., 5/6. They have the unhappy ‘sellers short’ at their mercy, and the latter have to pay over the difference between the price at which they agreed to deliver the stock and the price at which the ‘cornerers’ are willing to sell it.
1886. W. Graham, Soc. Problem, 157. Some successful ‘cornerer’ of cotton or corn.
