Speculator
['spekjʊleɪtə] or ['spɛkjuletɚ]
Definition
(noun.) someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains.
(noun.) someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts.
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Definition
(n.) One who speculates. Specifically: (a) An observer; a contemplator; hence, a spy; a watcher.
(n.) One who forms theories; a theorist.
(n.) One who engages in speculation; one who buys and sells goods, land, etc., with the expectation of deriving profit from fluctuations in price.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Theorizer, speculatist.[2]. Trader (who takes great risks in the hope of great gains).
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Examples
- A speculator bridged a couple of barrels with a board and we hired standing places on it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- As the daughter of an unlucky speculator, who had paid a very shabby dividend, Mr. Chopper had no great regard for Miss Sedley. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I had one child after I come here; and I thought then I'd have one to raise, cause Mas'r wasn't a speculator. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The sanctimonious hypocrite, the sleek speculator, and others whom he has probably encountered in life are done to the queen's taste. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I was raised by a speculator, with lots of others. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I suppose you'll begin to think you're a pretty knowing speculator. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Speculators buys 'em up cheap, when they's little, and gets 'em raised for market. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Huge possibilities have remained undeveloped because of the opposition of owners, forestallers, and speculators to their economical exploitation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was a hasty selling off, by the business government in control, of every remunerative public enterprise to private speculators. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Spaniards built these watchtowers on the hills to enable them to keep a sharper lookout on the Moroccan speculators. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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