venturer

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He liues vnmarried, and childlesse; neuer purrchased house nor land, the house he dwels in this yeere being but hyred: he liues vpon marchandies, being a Marchant venturer.

From Kemps Nine Daies Wonder Performed in a Daunce from London to Norwich by Dyce, Alexander

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 Murdock, Charles A. (Charles Albert)

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 Roe, Vingie E. (Vingie Eve)

They were tired and travel-stained, with their belongings in packs on the shoulders of the men, and the joy of the venturer in their eager faces.

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

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 Van Schaick, George