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spec·u·la·tor \-ˌlād.ə(r), -ātə-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Latin, spy, lookout, examiner, from speculatus (past participle of speculari to spy out, examine) + -or — more at speculate : one that speculates: as a. : a person who devotes himself to mental speculation or abstract reasoning : contemplator, theorist b. obsolete : observer, lookout; also : spy c. : a person who speculates in business : one that engages in speculation (as in stocks, bonds, real estate) — contrasted with investor |