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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost;
- Example: "he got theater tickets through a scalper"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scalper \Scalper\ (sk[a^]lp"[~e]r), n.
   1. One who, or that which, scalps.
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   2. (Surg.) Same as Scalping iron, under Scalping.
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   3. A broker who, dealing on his own account, tries to get a
      small and quick profit from slight fluctuations of the
      market. [Cant]
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   4. A person who buys and sells the unused parts of railroad
      tickets. [Cant]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

scalper
    n 1: someone who buys something and resells it at a price far
         above the initial cost; "he got theater tickets through a
         scalper"