venturer

No such fortune, M'sieu," said Maren calmly, "Heard you not the cry before the gate in that unhallowed scramble what time they took the factor and the venturer?

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

Romeo’s costume in exile is described in the poem as that of a merchant venturer, which is certainly a more appropriate dress than the conventional black velvet of the stage.

From Shakespeare in the Theatre by William Poel

It was written, as were all the letters we received from this Cornish venturer, in a woman's hand, small and delicate, with upstrokes like spider's thread; written in French, too, quite easy and careless.

From Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

A magic in that gaze Draws me, mad venturer!

From Enamels and Cameos and other Poems by Agnes Lee

My father was an inveterate trader, and the year after our coming he joined with another venturer in buying the standing crop of wheat in Hoopa Valley, on the Trinity River.

From A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment by Charles A. (Charles Albert) Murdock

He offered wise, if unusual, advice to these aspiring venturers that can be applied beyond Japan.

From Forbes ● Nov. 28, 2011

Some of the early venturers, such as Gawker's Nick Denton, who'd already done several startups before launching his blog network, stayed the course and prospered.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2010

In Colorado CAB must decide between applicants representing every shade of free enterprise, from well-heeled air lines to weathery, leathery extrovert ad venturers with shoestring capital.

From Time Magazine Archive

But I love the venturers who are seeking something real and better.

From Time Magazine Archive

That knowledge of forest-craft, which enables the traveller to guide his feet unerringly through pathless bush, was only in rare instances acquired by the New World venturers, and then only after years of hard experience.

From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by John Trevena