Synonyms for speculators


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


Définition of speculators

Origin :
  • 1550s, from Latin speculator, agent noun from speculari (see speculation). The financial sense is from 1778.
  • noun theorist
Example sentences :
  • There will be some speculators, as there will be some gamblers; but they will be few.
  • Extract from : « An Essay on Professional Ethics » by George Sharswood
  • It has often been charged that speculators ruined the currency.
  • Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
  • We are nothing now but speculators, and the righteous rail against us.
  • Extract from : « Letters from Port Royal » by Various
  • Food supplies were scarce, and speculators were buying such as there were.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte » by William Milligan Sloane
  • Speculators rushed to invest 203 and unload their investments at a profit.
  • Extract from : « Winning the Wilderness » by Margaret Hill McCarter
  • Speculators have consciences and affections, and his were roused to agony.
  • Extract from : « Rich Enough » by Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee
  • Speculators piled gold on his doorsteps, and he laughed at them.
  • Extract from : « Pre Antoine's Date-Palm » by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
  • What can writers, haranguers, or speculators do more than that?
  • Extract from : « Lucretia, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • It is on the same principle that speculators get up a corner on pork or wheat.
  • Extract from : « Peck's Sunshine » by George W. Peck
  • These speculators were mostly lawyers, who were favorites or friends of the governor.
  • Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 of 8 » by Various

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