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MERCHANT-VENTURER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does merchant-venturer mean?
• MERCHANT-VENTURER (noun)
The noun MERCHANT-VENTURER has 1 sense:
1. a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas)
Familiarity information: MERCHANT-VENTURER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
merchant-venturer; venturer
Hypernyms ("merchant-venturer" is a kind of...):
merchandiser; merchant (a businessperson engaged in retail trade)
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