venturer
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I that have sailed with Captain Drake and Captain Raleigh, and seen how a gentleman venturer needs to turn his hand to every guess craft?
From Harding's luck by H. R. (Harold Robert) Millar
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 George Van Schaick
If during this night the good God shall deliver into our hands Mr. McElroy and the venturer from Montreal, you will hear a panther's far-off call.
From The Maid of the Whispering Hills by Vingie E. (Vingie Eve) Roe
He had gone in a tubby wooden craft, the winds his carrier, across oceans that were pathless, except to the venturer.
From The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. by James Milne
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 Vingie E. (Vingie Eve) Roe
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
I knew him by repute as the luckiest of the Flemish venturers.
From The Path of the King by John Buchan
