stockjobber

English

Alternative forms

• stock-jobber

Etymology

From stock +‎ jobber.

Noun

stockjobber (plural stockjobbers)

1. (chiefly British, trading) A stock exchange worker who deals only with brokers.
2. (British, derogatory, trading) An unscrupulous stockbroker.
   • 1888, William Morris, Signs of Change […] ‎^[1], London: Reeves and Turner, page 105:

     In this stock-jobbers’ heaven let us leave our dear countrymen for a little while, while I say a few words about the affairs of the people on the continent of Europe.

Translations

stock exchange worker

• Bulgarian: борсов спекулант (borsov spekulant)
• Greek: αντικριστής (el) m (antikristís)

Further reading

• stockjobber on Wikipedia.Wikipedia