speculator

[ spek-yuh-ley-ter ]

/ ˈspɛk yəˌleɪ tər /

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noun

a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.

a person who makes advance purchases of tickets, as to games or theatrical performances, that are likely to be in demand, for resale later at a higher price.

a person who is devoted to mental speculation.

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Origin of speculator

1545–55; <Latin speculātor explorer, equivalent to speculā(rī) to watch over, explore, reconnoiter (see speculate) + -tor-tor

Words nearby speculator

speculate, speculation, speculative, speculative fiction, speculative philosophy, speculator, speculum, speculum forceps, speculum metal, sped, Spee

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How to use speculator in a sentence

Then speculators ran off to play with the next shiny object, and it went back to pennies.
What happens after the GameStop bubble bursts?|Peter Kafka|February 2, 2021|Vox
Blount was also a land speculator and borrowed money to purchase huge swaths of land in Tennessee and the surrounding areas.
The Founding Father who was impeached after leaving the Senate in shame|Gillian Brockell|January 13, 2021|Washington Post
We are speculators here, peering into someone else’s marriage.
What Kurt Vonnegut’s rapturous love letters reveal about him as a writer — and husband|Susan Keselenko Coll|December 3, 2020|Washington Post
Wall Street speculators are flocking to electric vehicle startups, assigning gigantic valuations to companies that have yet to produce any vehicles, much less any revenue or profits.
Wall Street is searching for electric vehicle gold|Joann Muller|November 6, 2020|Axios

These speculators can hold the token for up to a year in hopes of getting a better price.
Hype beasts, the ‘Yeezy’ problem, and $950 cassette tapes: How crypto startup Zora is helping musicians create new revenue streams|Jeff|September 27, 2020|Fortune
Sorokko has no interest in trophies as such, and she is no speculator.
Tatiana Sorokko Is the Queen of Vintage Couture|Anthony Haden-Guest|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For bringing the home within the reach of a black purchaser, however, the speculator extracted a considerable price.
How We Built the Ghettos|Jamelle Bouie|March 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The new "new" thing was Chinese contemporary art and the speculator mentality that fueled the Western market.
How China Conquered the Art World|Arne Glimcher|March 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Would it have been restored, had the luckless speculator himself remained?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
He had never thought of him as a speculator in building land.
Tristram of Blent|Anthony Hope
It would be better we think to get him a bright vest and a derby hat and let him pretend to be a sidewalk speculator.
Seeing Things at Night|Heywood Broun
Couture is a very minor character, a financial speculator, who only hung on the fringe of the viveurs.
Vie de Bohme|Orlo Williams
He was shrewd in money matters, and a successful speculator for many years.
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume I (of 2)|Benjamin Ellis Martin

British Dictionary definitions for speculator

speculator

/ (ˈspɛkjʊˌleɪtə) /

noun

a person who speculates

NZ rugby an undirected kick of the ball

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