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Speculator : (noun)
1: someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
2: someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable
gains [syn: plunger]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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