venturer

Example Sentences

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Eliza, of course, recognized the Iron Duke, but the gas-light and the disguise prevented the latter from knowing his fellow venturer.

From Kathleen by Morley, Christopher

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 Milne, James

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

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)

Also there was that venturer of the great beauty and the silken curls who had spoken so prettily.

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