venturini

The stipendiati (salaried workers) were paid for raids against the Turks, and those who received nothing were referred to as venturini (adventurers or volunteers).

The Uskok �Problem� and Habsburg, Venetian, and Ottoman Relations at the Turn of the Seventeenth Century 2000

Because the payment was very irregular, both the venturini and stipendiati participated together in piratical activities on the Adriatic Sea. [

The Uskok �Problem� and Habsburg, Venetian, and Ottoman Relations at the Turn of the Seventeenth Century 2000