venturer

American  

[ven-cher-er] / ˈvɛn tʃər ər /

noun

venturers plural

1. one who ventures into new territory or a new activity, lifestyle, etc.; explorer or adventurer.

2. a person who makes a major investment in a new enterprise or undertaking, often jointly with others.

3. Venturer, a member of the Venturer Scouts, a division of the global Scouting movement for youth aged 15 to 17.

4. History/Historical. Usually, merchant venturer. in the Middle Ages, a person who engaged in overseas commercial expeditions.

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Other Word Forms

• co-venturer
  noun

Example Sentences

Through the open window the suspicious venturer saw the recreant ambassadors, gay with laughter.

From Pipefuls by Morley, Christopher

And long before they reached Deer Lake word had been brought to that new venturer in his post on the Saskatchewan, Alfred de Courtenay, and he was keenly alert.

From The Maid of the Whispering Hills by Roe, Vingie E. (Vingie Eve)

I have always deemed myself a predestined bachelor, a lover of other people's children and a most timid venturer among spinsters.

From A Top-Floor Idyl by Van Schaick, George

And more,—deliver also that venturer who, but for my thoughtless words of the red flower, would be now safe on the Saskatchewan.

From The Maid of the Whispering Hills by Roe, Vingie E. (Vingie Eve)

He liues vnmarried, and childlesse; neuer purrchased house nor land, the house he dwels in this yeere being but hyred: he liues vpon marchandies, being a Marchant venturer.

From Kemps Nine Daies Wonder Performed in a Daunce from London to Norwich by Dyce, Alexander