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Venter

//ˈvɛn.tə(ɹ)// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A woman with offspring.
  2. 2
    One who vents, who is vocal about feelings or problems.

    "Venters suffer interpersonally as others avoid their outburst, they become isolated and alone which may result in more venting."

  3. 3
    A vendor. obsolete
  4. 4
    a bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle) wordnet
  5. 5
    A protuberant, usually hollow structure, notably:; The undersurface of the abdomen of an arthropod.
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  1. 6
    the womb wordnet
  2. 7
    A protuberant, usually hollow structure, notably:; The swollen basal portion of an archegonium in which an egg develops.
  3. 8
    the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis wordnet
  4. 9
    A broad, shallow concavity, notably of a bone.
  5. 10
    a speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Latin venter (“the belly; the womb; a swelling”).

Etymology 2

From vent + -er.

Etymology 3

Cognate with Dutch venter (“vendor, peddler”).

Etymology 4

Borrowed from German and Dutch Venter. This surname is mostly found in South Africa.

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