Wall Streeter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Wall Streeter
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; Wall Street + -er 1
Example Sentences
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If the average Wall Streeter is 40, if not younger, many analysts, traders, and fund managers were 19 when the financial crisis began and 20 when it ended.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
Raves, debt and deaths: How a Wall Streeter came to own New York’s biggest club.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026
Here’s a small but notable fact about the former Wall Streeter turned full-time writer: He is one of the few best-selling authors whose website sends potential readers to buy books from Indiebound before Amazon.
From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2022
Spicer handed in his resignation after the flamboyant former Wall Streeter Scaramucci, whose personality Spicer describes as “pungent”, was hired as communications director.
From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2018
Vogel quoted a conservative Wall Streeter characterizing Scaramucci as someone with the profile of Sheldon Adelson but without the bank account:
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2017
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