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Speculator

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who speculates; an observer; a contemplator.

    "a bold and paradoxical speculator"

  2. 2
    someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains wordnet
  3. 3
    One who forms theories; a theorist.

    "[…] in things of Fact, the People are as much to be believed, as the most subtle Philosophers and Speculators, since here sense is the Judge."

  4. 4
    someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts wordnet
  5. 5
    One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.
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  1. 6
    Synonym of field goal.

Etymology

From Latin speculātor (“spy, explorer, investigator”), from speculor (“to watch, to observe”) + -tor (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from specula (“watchtower”), from speciō (“to watch, to observe”), q.v. In some senses, an agent noun formed within English from speculate. Doublet of spectator.

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