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Meaning of Speculator | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. One who speculates; an observer; a contemplator.
  2. One who forms theories; a theorist.
  3. One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.
  4. Synonym of field goal.

Equivalents

العربية المضارب مُضَارِب
Bosanski špekulant крамар шпекулант
Čeština spekulant
Deutsch Spekulant Spekulantin
Español especulador
Suomi jobbari keinottelija spekulantti
Français agioteur boukiman (Senegal) spéculateur
Gaeilge amhantraí
हिन्दी सट्टेबाज़
Hrvatski špekulant крамар шпекулант
Bahasa Indonesia spekulan spekulator
日本語 仕手 投機家
한국어 투기꾼
Latina mercator
Nederlands speculant
Polski geszefciarz spekulant
Português especulador
Русский спекулянт спекуля́нтка
Српски špekulant крамар шпекулант
Svenska spekulant
Türkçe spekülatör
Українська ґешефтя́р крамар спекуля́нт

Examples

“a bold and paradoxical speculator”
“[…] 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⟳.”
“For, in the earlier part of the seventeenth century, a speculator who had dared to affirm that the human soul is by its nature mortal, and does, in the great majority of cases, actually die⟳ with the body, would have⟳ been burned alive in Smithfield.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Speculators Speculatory speculatrix speculist specullector speculoos

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