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Meanings of
speculator
in English
Catalan
especulador
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Someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains.
plunger
Catalan
especulador
Usage of
speculator
in English
1
Great changes had taken place in the ideas of that clever
speculator
.
2
Late in life he even became a
speculator
on the Stock Market.
3
The grain
speculator
appeared, with his greedy web spun around the world.
4
The mystery of the great
speculator
was beyond my power to fathom.
5
Babeuf is a
speculator
to Cartouche; Marat is an aristocrat to Schinderhannes.
6
A lover laid the first rail, and a
speculator
laid the last.
7
Fish, too, in considerable quantities has been introduced by some enterprising
speculator
.
8
He deliberately turned his back upon the millionaire
speculator
,
and strode away.
9
Such men were paid off in full, litigation being the
speculator
's
aversion.
10
He was a great
speculator
who had been on a false scent.
11
The
speculator
dares not tell Peyton his hopes, his fears, his suspicions.
12
He was a
speculator
,
and probably had good reason for his act.
13
I too am a
speculator
,
and have often profited by Louvier's advice.
14
Why don't you cut out this
'
speculator
,
'
as my husband calls her?
15
The
speculator
spent several days in fruitless search after the fugitive.
16
And that is why
speculator
hunting is so popular right now.
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speculator
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
great speculator
daring speculator
bold speculator
become a speculator
english speculator
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Translations for
speculator
Catalan
especulador
Speculator
through the time
Speculator
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common