† venturelingn.
Obsolete. rare.
A young or petty adventurer.
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adventurerc1485
ventureling1562
bonaventure1598
boneventor1643
risker1678
gambler1838
brinkman1956
1562 W. Bullein Dial. Sorenes f. 27 v, in Bulwarke of Defence It is not to be marueiled, that soche venterlynges and younglinges, stomble so ofte at a Strawe.
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