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speculator
/ˈspɛkjəˌleɪtɚ/
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What does speculator mean?
noun
- One who speculates; an observer; a contemplator.
- One who forms theories; a theorist.
- One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.
More meanings (2)
noun
- Synonym of field goal.
proper noun
- A village in the town of Lake Pleasant, Hamilton County, New York, United States.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈspɛkjəˌleɪtɚ/
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The speculator had kept close watch over his valuable piece of property, for fear that it might damage itself.
Any sort of claimant, with any sort of wild tale of prior invention, could find a speculator to support him.
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So the prophet is caught, like all the rest of us, in the net of the speculator and the landlord.
The sanctimonious hypocrite, the sleek speculator, and others whom he has probably encountered in life are done "to the queen's taste."
It was characteristic of Barnum to place himself in the forefront in this city-building movement, and in the double role of speculator and public benefactor.