venturer, venterer

[An abbreviation 1. One who ventures, hazards or risks; an adven of adventurer (q. v.).] turer. "Remember, you're all venturers , and in this play How many twelve-pence ye have's tow'd this day." Beaum. & Flet.: Mad Lover. (Prol.) 2. A prostitute, a strumpet. věn-ture-some, a. [Eng. venture; -some.] 1. Inclined to venture; venturous, bold, daring. 2. Risky, hazardous, bold. "That bold and venturesome act of his,"- Strype : Eccles . Mem.; Henry VIII . (an. 1546). věn'-ture-some-ly, adverb . [Eng. venturesome; -ly.] In a venturesome, bold, or daring manner. věn'-ture-some-ne , subst . [Eng. venturesome ; -ne .] The quality or state of being venturesome; riskine , boldne . travel has been for some years past steadily on the de"As far as Europe is concerned, the venturesomene of crease."- London Daily Telegraph. věn'-tu-rîne, subst . [AVANTURINE.] Powdered gold used in japanning to cover varnished surfaces. věn-tu-rous, *věn'-troŭs, s . [An abbreviation of adventurous (q. v.).] Daring, bold, venturesome, adventurous. "The vent'rous knight is from the saddle thrown." Dryden: Palamon and Arcite, iii. věn-tu-rous-lý, *věn'-troŭs-lý, adverb. [Eng. venturous; -ly. In a venturous, bold, daring, or venturesome manner. "How men durst die so ventrously except they are sure they died well."- Hales : Remains; Sermon on Numbers xxxv. 33.