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venturer

venturer noun: one who ventures; a traveller or explorer.

Noun (1)

venturer (plural venturers)

  1. One who ventures; a traveller or explorer.
    • Pleased to be a solitary venturer, he spent the next three weeks on an odyssey in search of these delights.2002, H. Paul Jeffers, Roosevelt the Explorer: Teddy Roosevelt’s Amazing Adventures as a Naturalist, Conservationist, and Explorer, →ISBN, page 60
    • Tellingly, after demonstrating his virility as a venturer to India, where he made his fortune, he married upon his return.2005, Donald Beecher, “Concerning Sex Changes: The Cultural Significance of a Renaissance Medical Polemic”, in The Sixteenth Century Journal, volume 36, number 4, →JSTOR, page 998
  2. One who undertakes a business venture.

Noun (2) capitalized: Venturer

Venturer (plural Venturers)

  1. Synonym of Venturer Scout.
    Synonyms:
    Venturer Scout

Synonyms of venturer

Forms of venturer

pluralventurers
pluralVenturers

Origin of venturer

From venture + -er.

Back-formation from Venturer Scout.

Words formed from venturer

Phrases with venturer

Questions about venturer

What does venturer mean?
Venturer means one who ventures; a traveller or explorer.
What part of speech is venturer?
Venturer is a noun.
What is the plural of venturer?
The plural of venturer is venturers.

Words near venturer in the dictionary

  1. Venture Scout
  2. Venture Scouts
  3. ventured
  4. Venturella
  5. Venturellas
  6. venturer
  7. Venturer Scout
  8. Venturer Scouts
  9. venturers
  10. ventures
  11. venturesome

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