Meanings of great speculator in English

The mystery of the great speculator was beyond my power to fathom.

He was a great speculator who had been on a false scent.

The great speculator was silent for a few moments.

My uncle was a great speculator, and there is much troublesome business to be settled.

The great speculator was known to every statesman about the table, and the whisper of conversation became hushed.

There certainly lived and lives Mr. Jason B. Grampus, a great speculator, whose home has its palatial aspects.

He feverishly tore it open, for he recognised on the envelope the well- known scrawl of the great speculator.

That husband of hers is a great speculator; he might put me in the way of making a fortune by a single stroke.

'For such a bargain as that you must go among the great speculators.

Great speculators, Vanderbilt at the head, formed syndicates, embracing several companies, and made prices as suited their plans.

The catastrophe which inevitably occurs in the career of all great speculators, and especially theatrical ones, arrived to him.

The Americans, probably from being such great speculators, and aware of the uncertainty attending their commerce, are very lenient towards debtors.

"Drink your wine, Wilmot," he exclaimed; "don't sit meditating there, as if you were a great speculator brooding over the stagnation of the money-market.