adventurer

[ad-ven-cher-er]

noun

1. a person who has, enjoys, or seeks adventures.

2. a seeker of fortune in daring enterprises; soldier of fortune.

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

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

   They thought John was an adventurer and after their daughter's money.

5. Usually Adventurer a member of Camp Fire, Inc., who is between the ages of 9 and 11.

adventurer

/ ədˈvɛntʃərə /

noun

1. a person who seeks adventure, esp one who seeks success or money through daring exploits

2. a person who seeks money or power by unscrupulous means

3. a speculator

Word History and Origins

Origin of adventurer¹

First recorded in 1475–85; adventure + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Western adventurers have been turning up in Bali since the early 20th Century, when it was seen as an exotic backwater, home to Hindu temples and rice fields.

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But that has not stopped it becoming a magnet for adventurers, especially rock climbers.

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The return of Donald Campbell's Bluebird to the spot where the adventurer set his first water speed world record 70 years ago is "humbling", his daughter says.

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A fellow globe-trotting adventurer, game hunter, storyteller, and an old bodyguard to Sun Yat Sen. The closest thing to a soul mate he found in town.

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A ragtag group of adventurers land on a remote island planning to exploit dinosaur DNA — and some of them get chomped.

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