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单词 boomster
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boomstern.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: boom n.3, -ster suffix.
Etymology: < boom n.3 + -ster suffix. Compare boomer n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈboomster.
U.S. slang.
= boomer n.1; one who works up a ‘boom’; a speculator.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > speculation > speculator
adventurer1466
venturer1530
underwriter1616
entrepreneur1762
speculator1778
speculatist1812
operator1828
entrepreneuse1836
boomster1879
boomer1883
1879 Nation 9 Oct. 236 The trickery and usurpation..of the leading boomster.
1884 S. E. Dawson Handbk. Canada 331 The speculators, called, in vivid Western parlance, boomsters.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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