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Of or pertaining to speculation in land, goods, shares, etc.; as, a speculative dealer or enterprise. The speculative merchant exercises no one regular, established, or well-known branch of business. A. Smith. -- Spec"u*la*tive*ly, adv. -- Spec"u*la*tive*ness, n.

An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange. [Cant]

A dealer in staple goods.

A manufacturer of tin vessels; a dealer in tinware.

A dealer in tobacco; also, a manufacturer of tobacco.

played by two or more persons. The fortune of each player depends upon obtaining from the dealer such cards that the sum of their pips, or spots, is twenty-one, or a number near to it.

A dealer in the cakes called wafers; a confectioner. [Obs.] Chaucer.