Synonyms for venturer

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ven-cher

Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɛn tʃər

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Définition of venturer

Origin : mid-15c., "to risk the loss" (of something), shortened form of aventure, itself a form of adventure. General sense of "to dare, to presume" is recorded from 1550s. Noun sense of "risky undertaking" first recorded 1560s; meaning "enterprise of a business nature" is recorded from 1580s. Venture capital is attested from 1943.

noun adventurer

Example sentences :

Eating the forbidden fruit was the best record ever made by a Venturer.
Extract from : « Strictly Business » by O. Henry

Instantly the venturer was up and at the flap, peering outside.
Extract from : « The Maid of the Whispering Hills » by Vingie E. Roe

Though well they know that from the vacant unislanded main the venturer has rarely returned.
Extract from : « The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920 » by Various

And more,—deliver also that venturer who, but for my thoughtless words of the red flower, would be now safe on the Saskatchewan.
Extract from : « The Maid of the Whispering Hills » by Vingie E. Roe

Men were racing frantically along the bridge above, and all hell and bedlam broke loose on the Venturer.
Extract from : « The Hour of the Dragon » by Robert E. Howard

The Venturer swept southward like a living thing, her oars pulled now by free and willing hands.
Extract from : « The Hour of the Dragon » by Robert E. Howard

The Venturer is one who keeps his eye on the hedgerows and wayside groves and meadows while he travels the road to Fortune.
Extract from : « Strictly Business » by O. Henry

Also there was that venturer of the great beauty and the silken curls who had spoken so prettily.
Extract from : « The Maid of the Whispering Hills » by Vingie E. Roe

With a daring heart the venturer from Grand Portage went in across the sill.
Extract from : « The Maid of the Whispering Hills » by Vingie E. Roe

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