Conjecturer

/kənˈdʒɛk.tʃər.ər/ noun

Definition

A person who makes conjectures; someone who guesses or forms opinions based on incomplete evidence.

Etymology

From conjecture plus -er suffix (meaning 'one who does'). The -er suffix is one of English's oldest and most productive agent-noun markers, used since Old English times.

Kelly Says

A conjecturer is essentially an intellectual risk-taker—throughout history, the people brave enough to conjecture have often been those who changed how we understand the world.

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