Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
merchant-venturer is a noun meaning "a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas)". It carries one recorded sense.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for merchant-venturer come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.