venturer (venturer)

[ A merchant venturer of daintie meate. Nashe, Pierce Penile e, p. 48. The venturers with the sword were sixty you sand in number,. because Mustafa had dispersed a rumour that Famagusta was much more wealthy and rich then the citie of Nicosia was. Hakluyt's Voyages , II. i. 129. 2t. A prostitute; a strumpet. Webster.-Merchant Venturerst. Same as Merchant Adventurers. See adventurer.