Definition of Merchant-venturer
1. Noun. A merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas).
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Merchant-venturer
Literary usage of Merchant-venturer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commodore Sir John Hayes: His Voyage and Life (1767-1831) with Some Account by Ida Lee Marriott, Ida Lee (1912)
"... turns merchant-venturer—He fits out an expedition—The Duke of Clarence and the Duchess start for New Guinea—Their course is changed—1793. ..."
2. The Growth of English Industry and Commerce by William Cunningham (1907)
"Bertram Anderson, a • Merchant- venturer,' had taken an active part in coal mining and the coal trade. Brand, n. 266 n. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"... a merchant-venturer, MERCHANT. (1) Formerly a familiar form of Since he doth venter lands, and goods and all. ..."