venturer

plural venturers

1. One who ventures: a traveller or explorer.

   Near-synonym: adventurer (often synonymous)

   3 more examples

   Pleased to be a solitary venturer, he spent the next three weeks on an odyssey in search of these delights.

   2002, H. Paul Jeffers, Roosevelt the Explorer: Teddy Roosevelt’s Amazing Adventures as a Naturalist, Conservationist, and Explorer, →ISBN, page 60

   Tellingly, after demonstrating his virility as a venturer to India, where he made his fortune, he married upon his return.

   2005, Donald Beecher, “Concerning Sex Changes: The Cultural Significance of a Renaissance Medical Polemic”, in The Sixteenth Century Journal, volume 36, number 4, →JSTOR, page 998

   Some of the earliest venturers into Africa before colonisation were missionaries, who spread into Southern and Eastern Africa as well as other regions.

   2012, Duncan Clarke, Africa’s Future: Darkness to Destiny. How the Past Is Shaping Africa’s Economic Evolution, →ISBN, page 67

   Synonyms: adventurer

2. businessOne who undertakes a business venture.

plural Venturers

1. Synonym of Venturer Scout.

   Synonyms: Venturer Scout