Synonyms for speculator


Grammar : Noun
Spell : spek-yuh-ley-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈspɛk yəˌleɪ tər


Définition of speculator

Origin :
  • 1550s, from Latin speculator, agent noun from speculari (see speculation). The financial sense is from 1778.
  • noun theorist
Example sentences :
  • I no longer doubted the statement of Thompson and the speculator Smith.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Does not the vulgar estimate confound the philanthropist with the speculator?
  • Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
  • He had never thought of him as a speculator in building land.
  • Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope
  • Wherever he could get his hands on a speculator or extortioner, he shook him up.
  • Extract from : « Stories Of Georgia » by Joel Chandler Harris
  • The speculator had brought her, but had postponed her removal till she should recover.
  • Extract from : « Clotelle » by William Wells Brown
  • He ceased farming and became a speculator with dreams of millions in his brain.
  • Extract from : « Winning the Wilderness » by Margaret Hill McCarter
  • A speculator of this class happened to find that Matthew viii.
  • Extract from : « A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II) » by Augustus de Morgan
  • We had also another gentleman, a merchant or speculator of some sort.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Mary Rose » by William H. G. Kingston
  • I, too, am by descent gentilhomme, by profession a speculator on the Bourse.
  • Extract from : « The Parisians, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • I too am a speculator, and have often profited by Louvier's advice.
  • Extract from : « The Parisians, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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