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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. One who takes a contrary view or action, especially an investor who makes decisions that contradict prevailing wisdom, as in buying securities that are unpopular at the time.

Wiktionary

  1. n. a person who expresses a contradicting viewpoint, especially one who denounces the majority persuasion
  2. n. finance a financial investor who tends to have an opinion of market trends at variance with most others

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. taking an opposing view, especially a view opposite to that taken by the majority.
  2. n. a person who habitually takes a view opposite to that held by the majority.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors

Etymologies

  1. c 1660 contrary +‎ -an (Wiktionary)

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