Dictionary entry

Adventurer

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ad‐ven″tur‐er (�), n. [Cf. F. aventurier.]

1. One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.

2. A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.

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