Who appointed the term Multiton originally?

Question

Who appointed the term Multiton originally? I am referring to a variation of the singleton pattern: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiton_pattern

Why the word “Multiton”? That’s not a real English word. Isn’t it?

Answer 1

Because it's a generalization of the Singleton pattern, which just allows one instance of a class. Singleton by the way is also a mathematical term. As far as I know, it's not a proper english word and we don't know the first person who used this term.