malthus malthouse • malthusian · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · malthus · · Text Latin · · Script 7 · · Length 2 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834). Synonyms: Malthus, Thomas Malthus, Thomas Robert Malthus. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · a latin small letter a U+0061 h latin small letter h U+0068 l latin small letter l U+006C m latin small letter m U+006D s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 u latin small letter u U+0075