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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