malthus

from 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}]

from 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]