Adventurer
[əd'ventʃ(ə)rə] or [əd'vɛntʃərɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.
(n.) A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are victimized by an adventurer, proves that you will be an easy prey for flatterers and designing villains. You will be unfortunate in manipulating your affairs to a smooth consistency. For a young woman to think she is an adventuress, portends that she will be too wrapped up in her own conduct to see that she is being flattered into exchanging her favors for disgrace.
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Examples
- This tall man, Tom, is a rascally adventurer. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Count Fosco, though not a rich man, was not a penniless adventurer either. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But in this situation, the superior vigilance and attention of a private adventurer would, in all probability, soon make them weary of the trade. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In 1169 a Kurdish adventurer, named Saladin, became ruler of Egypt, in which country the Shiite heresy had now fallen before a Sunnite revival. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You have called me an adventurer, Sophronia. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- An outcast Englishman, a renegade adventurer—your uncle Rudolph! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The African explorer and the Polar adventurer can each talk with his countrymen. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- My dear Maurice, believe me, there are still kingdoms to be gained, if he who seeks has the nerve, judgment, and fortune of a born adventurer. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But subsequently the British Court veered round to a more cordial attitude to the new adventurer. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On the one hand there was this adventurer who had betrayed the republic; on the other the dull weight of old kingship restored. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Caliphronas was an adventurer pure and simple, of course, as regards his vocation as free lance, but not as touching his moral or physical qualities. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He became an adventurer in the Greek wars. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I will not say a thief, but use the milder term, 'adventurer. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- By and by, he mentioned casually--the artful adventurer--that he would go and get his breakfast as soon as we had finished ours. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Does it not strike you, Mr. Yorke, that for a mere penniless adventurer to aspire to a rich woman's hand is presumptuous--contemptible? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The condition of India at this time was one very interesting and attractive to European adventurers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To begin with, each story is nearly always a story of adventurers and of cruelty and loot. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In a little while a swarm of Spanish adventurers were exploring the new lands. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A month or six weeks later I saw an extract from an American newspaper, describing the departure of the adventurers on their inland journey. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In 1698, however, the private adventurers were subjected to a duty of ten per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The rest of the emperors of this period were chiefly adventurers too unimportant to the general scheme of things for us to note. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Amidst the vast ruins of the city of Rome half-independent families of quasi-noble adventurers and their retainers maintained themselves. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Nor can we tell much more of the swift spread of Spanish adventurers over the rest of America, outside the Portuguese reservation of Brazil. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Most of the former are manifestly unscrupulous adventurers who try to utilize the public necessity and unhappiness for their own advancement. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No private adventurers, accordingly, have ever attempted to trade to that country in competition with them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The Abbasids were adventurers and rulers of an older school than Islam. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And as he does so, events gather towards a fresh invasion by the free adventurers of the outer world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Smaller or greater adventurers seized a castle or a countryside and ruled an uncertain area. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I have known many adventurers; interesting spirits--amiable society! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Several adventurers that happened to the author. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
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