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Definition of Risker
1. n. One who risks or hazards.
Definition of Risker
1. Noun. One who risks or hazards something. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Risker
1. one that risks [n -S] - See also: risks
Lexicographical Neighbors of Risker
Literary usage of Risker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. ... Characters and Passages from Note-books by Samuel Butler (1908)
"A risker XPOSED himself to very great Hazards, when he had no other Way in the
World to dispose of himself so well. He ventured very hard to serve the King ..."
2. ... Characters and Passages from Note-books by Samuel Butler (1908)
"A risker EXPOSED himself to very great Hazards, when he had no other Way in the
World to dispose of himself so well. He ventured very hard to serve the King ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"RISK, (risk) ni Hazard ; danger; chace« of harm. To RISK, (risk) va To hazard ;
to put to chance ; to endanger. risker, (risk'-er) B, ». He who risks. ..."
4. Puritan and Anglican: Studies in Literature by Edward Dowden (1900)
"... a moving piece of arras.1 It was not Puritanism only that Butler detested ;
he 1 Butler's characters of "A risker," "A Modem Statesman," "A Degenerate ..."
5. Puritan and Anglican: Studies in Literature by Edward Dowden (1901)
"... was not Puritanism only that Butler detested; he 1 Butler's characters of "A
risker," "A Modern Statesman," "A Degenerate Noble," "A Huffing Courtier. ..."
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