{"def":{"short":"a speculator, i.e., military scout (spy or (by extension) life-guardsman)","long":["a spy, scout","under the emperors an attendant and member of the body guard, employed as messengers, watchers, and executioners","the name is transferred to an attendant of Herod Antipas that acted as executioner"]},"deriv":"of Latin origin","pronun":{"ipa":"spɛ.kuˈlɑ.tor","ipa_mod":"spe̞.kuˈlɑ.towr","sbl":"spekoulatōr","dic":"speh-koo-LA-tore","dic_mod":"spay-koo-LA-tore"}}