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

Gregory’s new line of packs is tailored specifically for plus-sized adventurers.

From Popular-Science

Since November 2017, Elise Wortley has been following in the footsteps of some of history’s great women adventurers.

From Outside Online

The severity and speed of flash floods make them one of the most harrowing weather events adventurers might encounter.

From Outside Online

Meanwhile, he recognized that Southeast Alaska offered unparalleled opportunities for hunters, fishermen, and adventurers.

From Popular-Science

The company is hoping to attract adventurers who will actively contribute to creating a community based on shared outdoor values—something it hopes to ensure with an application process.

From Outside Online

When I picture Jackman in fedora-wearing adventurer mode, it reminds me of his turn in the Baz Luhrmann bomb Australia.

From The Daily Beast

Adventurer journalist Robert Young Pelton is crowdfunding a trip to find African warlord Joseph Kony.

From The Daily Beast

He was an adventurer and thrill seeker, but also an ardent radical socialist.

From The Daily Beast

No pasty-faced legal adventurer is going to cause bad blood between the Warners and the Marxes.

From The Daily Beast

I want to be able to, at any point, go to the movies or out to dinner or fly to Vancouver (I know, I'm an adventurer).

From The Daily Beast

And we will also settle and assure the particular rights and interests of every planter and adventurer.

From Project Gutenberg

He usually wore his pale-grey felt hat at a slight angle, and had the air of the easy-going adventurer, debonair and unscrupulous.

From Project Gutenberg

Still, he cultivated his easy-going cosmopolitanism to pose as a careless adventurer.

From Project Gutenberg

The crowd laughed; and another adventurer, nothing dismayed, succeeded him in the attempt, and in the failure.

From Project Gutenberg

Their eyes fixed, their mouths agape, their hands clasped, they listened with increasing avidity to the Gascon adventurer.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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• daredevil
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