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adventurer definition

ad·ven·turer (ad ven′c̸hər ər, əd-)

noun

  1. a person who has or likes to have adventures
  2. soldier of fortune (sense )
  3. a financial speculator
  4. a person who seeks to become rich, powerful, etc. by dubious schemes

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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