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speculator |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Speculator \Spec"u*la`tor\, n. [L., a spy, explorer, investigator: cf F. sp['e]culateur.] One who speculates. Specifically: a An observer; a contemplator; hence a spy; a watcher. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. b One who forms theories; a theorist. A speculator who had dared to affirm that the human soul is by nature mortal. --Macaulay. c (Com.) One who engages in speculation; one who buys and sells goods, land, etc., with the expectation of deriving profit from fluctuations in price. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: speculator n 1: someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts 2: someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains [syn: {plunger}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Speculator, NY (village, FIPS 70123) Location: 43.58059 N, 74.38058 W Population (1990): 400 (474 housing units) Area: 115.6 sq km (land), 6.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12164
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