speculator
spek yuh lay ter
- n someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
- n someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
- JOHN ALOYSIUS COLEMAN Among all the speculators in stocks, no one, day in and day out, takes greater risks than John Aloysius Coleman, 58, a trim, broad-shouldered Irishman.
- Baruch was proud to have been a speculator, but he cringed at the implications the term came to carry.
- Oil is now above $70 per barrel, meaning huge profits for some speculators.