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 Definitions of adventurer  [ædˈvɛn tʃər ər]  

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Definition of 'adventurer' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) adventurer
a person who seeks out adventures.

2.  adventurer
a soldier of fortune.

3.  adventurer
a person who undertakes great commercial risk; speculator.

4.  adventurer
a person who seeks power, wealth, or social rank by unscrupulous means.

Etymology:  (1475–85)

Definition of 'adventurer' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) adventurer, venturer
a person who enjoys taking risks

2. (noun) explorer, adventurer
someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)


Definition of 'adventurer' Webster Dictionary 

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

2. (noun) adventurer
a social pretender on the lookout for advancement


Translation of 'adventurer' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a person who seeks adventure or fortune.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: avonturier Arabic flag Arabic: مُغَامِر، مُجَازِف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: авантюрист
Brazilian flag Brazilian: aventureiro Czech flag Czech: dobrodruh German flag German: der/die Abenteurer(in)
Danish flag Danish: eventyrer; lykkeridder; s Greek flag Greek: τυχοδιώκτης Spanish flag Spanish: aventurero
Estonian flag Estonian: seikleja Farsi flag Farsi: ماجراجو Finnish flag Finnish: seikkailija
French flag French: aventurier/-ière Hebrew flag Hebrew: הַרְפָתקָן Hindi flag Hindi: साहसिक
Croatian flag Croatian: pustolov Hungarian flag Hungarian: kalandor Indonesian flag Indonesian: petualang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ævintÿramaður Italian flag Italian: avventuriero Japanese flag Japanese: 冒険家
Korean flag Korean: 모험가 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nuotykių ieškotojas Latvian flag Latvian: piedzīvojumu meklētājs; a
Malay flag Malay: pengembara Dutch flag Dutch: avonturier Norwegian flag Norwegian: eventyrer, våghals
Polish flag Polish: poszukiwacz przygód Persian flag Persian: ماجراجو Pashto flag Pashto: بانه لټونکی ، پیښه منځته
Portuguese flag Portuguese: aventureiro Romanian flag Romanian: aventurier Russian flag Russian: искатель приключений;аван
Slovak flag Slovak: dobrodruh, -žka Slovenian flag Slovenian: pustolovec Serbian flag Serbian: avanturista
Swedish flag Swedish: äventyrare Thai flag Thai: นักผจญภัย Turkish flag Turkish: macerasever (kişi)
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 冒險家 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: авантюрист; шукач пригод Urdu flag Urdu: جیالا ، جانباز
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: người phiêu lưu Chinese flag Chinese: 冒险家

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