Tipster

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Informal One who sells tips or information, as to bettors or speculators.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who makes a practice of giving or selling tips, or private hints or information, esp. for use in gambling upon the probable outcome of events, as horse races.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A person specially employed in furnishing tips or secret information to persons interested, for betting or speculative purposes, in the issue of horse-races, the rise and fall of stocks, etc.: distinguished from a tout, who may be in the tipster's employment.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    advisor    consultant    adviser   
    Hyponym
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    informant   
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