Speculator

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Speculator \Spec"u*la`tor\ (sp[e^]k"[-u]*l[=a]`t[~e]r), 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.
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     (b) One who forms theories; a theorist.
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               A speculator who had dared to affirm that the human
               soul is by nature mortal.            --Macaulay.
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     (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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  speculator
       n 1: someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
       2: someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable
          gains [syn: {plunger}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "speculator":
     adventurer, armchair authority, betting ring, bettor, big operator,
     boneshaker, cardshark, cardsharp, cardsharper, casuist,
     compulsive gambler, cosmologist, crap shooter, doctrinaire,
     doctrinarian, gambler, gamester, gunslinger, hazarder, hypothesist,
     hypothesizer, lame duck, margin purchaser, metaphysician, operator,
     petty gambler, philosophaster, philosophe, philosopher,
     philosophizer, piker, player, plunger, punter, scalper, sharp,
     sharper, sharpie, smart operator, sophist, sport, sporting man,
     sportsman, stag, theoretic, theoretician, theorist, theorizer,
     thinker, tinhorn, tipster, tout, venturer, wagerer
  
  

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

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Speculator, NY -- U.S. village in New York
     Population (2000):    348
     Housing Units (2000): 484
     Land area (2000):     44.645288 sq. miles (115.630759 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    2.580705 sq. miles (6.683996 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    47.225993 sq. miles (122.314755 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            70123
     Located within:       New York (NY), FIPS 36
     Location:             43.526920 N, 74.363185 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     12164
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Speculator, NY
      Speculator