Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SPEC'U-LA-TOR
SPEC'U-LA-TIVE-NESSSPEC'U-LA-TO-RY
SPEC'U-LA-TOR, n.
- One who speculates or forms theories. – More.
- An observer; a contemplator. – Brown.
- A spy; a watcher. – Broome.
- In commerce, one who buys goods, land or other thing, with the expectation of a rise of price, and of deriving profit from such advance.
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