speculator : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: speculator	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for speculator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
speculator n someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains Synonym(s): speculator, plunger
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Speculator \Spec"ula`tor\, n. [L., a spy, explorer, investigator: cf. F. sp[82]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 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