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Meanings of merchant-venturer in английском

A merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas)

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        Examples for "venturer"
        Examples for "venturer"
        1
        Instantly the venturer was up and at the flap, peering outside.
        The Maid of the Whispering Hills
        2
        With a daring heart the venturer from Grand Portage went in across the sill.
        The Maid of the Whispering Hills
        3
        Their appearance was sufficiently hideous to alarm the most callous venturer into the Antarctic.
        The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash; or, Facing Death in the Antarctic
        4
        Also there was that venturer of the great beauty and the silken curls who had spoken so prettily.
        The Maid of the Whispering Hills
        5
        Eliza, of course, recognized the Iron Duke, but the gas-light and the disguise prevented the latter from knowing his fellow venturer.
        Kathleen
        Usage of merchant-venturer in английском
        1
        The following year, 1603, just after the death of Queen Elizabeth, some merchant-venturers of Bristol sent out two vessels under Martin Pring.
        Elizabethan Sea-Dogs: A Chronicle of Drake and His Companions