stockjobber

/stok-job-er/US // ˈstɒkˌdʒɒb ər //UK // (ˈstɒkˌdʒɒbə) //

股票经纪人,炒股人,证券商,证券经纪人

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a stock salesperson, especially one who sells or promotes worthless securities.
- : British. a stock-exchange operator who acts as an intermediary between brokers.

The Rads have got hold of a stockjobber who is good for a thousand, and Maltman says they cannot fight him with less than that.
Sometimes it is of noble birth; and sometimes the spawn of a stockjobber.
It was about the year 1688 that the word stockjobber was first heard in London.
Lame duck, a stockjobber who speculates beyond his capital, and cannot pay his losses.
It is droll to look back upon the movement which led public opinion to prefer a stockjobber to a gallant soldier.