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Webster 1913 Edition
Speculator
Spec′u-laˊtor
(spĕk′ū̍-lāˊtẽr)
, Noun.
[L., a spy, explorer, investigator: cf. F.
spéculateur
.] One who speculates. Specifically:
(a)
An observer; a contemplator; hence, a spy; a watcher. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
(b)
One who forms theories; a theorist.
A
speculator
who had dared to affirm that the human soul is by nature mortal. Macaulay.
(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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Speculator
SPEC'ULATOR
, n.1.
One who speculates or forms theories.2.
An observer; a contemplator.3.
A spy; a watcher.4.
In commerce, one who buys goods, land or other thing, with the expectation of a rise of price, and of deriving profit from such advance.