adventurer
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[edit] Etymology
Compare French aventurier.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (WEAE): IPA: /ædˈvɛn.tʃɚ.ɚ/
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[edit] Noun
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adventurer (plural adventurers)
- One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.
- A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
- A social pretender on the lookout for advancement; one who pushes his fortune by equivocal means, as false pretences.
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[edit] Translations
one who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers
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social pretender on the lookout for advancement
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[edit] External links
- adventurer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- adventurer in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
