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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Speculator \Spec"u*la`tor\, 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.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [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 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
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