speculator Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
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noun someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
plunger.
WordNet
Spec"u*la`tor noun
Etymology
L., a spy, explorer, investigator: cf. F.Definitions
One who speculates. Specifically: Obs. Sir T. Browne.(a) An observer; a contemplator; hence, a spy; a watcher.(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.
