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adventurer
n. one who goes on adventures; one who takes risks, speculator


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Adventurer
An adventurer or adventuress is a term that usually takes one of three meanings: One whose travels are unusual and often exotic, though not so unique as to qualify as exploration.One who lives by their wits.One who takes part in a risky or speculative course of action for profit or position.In fiction, the adventurer figure or Picaro may be regarded as a descendant of the knight-errant of Medieval romance. Like the knight, the adventurer roams through episodic encounters, usually involving wealth, romance, or fighting. Unlike the knight, the adventurer was a realistic figure, often lower class or otherwise impoverished, who is forced to make his way to fortune, often by deceit. The picaresque novel originated in Spain in the middle of the fifteenth century. Novels such as Lazarillo de Tormes were influential across Europe. Throughout the eighteenth century, a great number of novels featured bold, amoral, adventuring protagonists, who made their way into wealth and happiness, sometimes with and sometimes without the moral conversion that generally accompanies the Spanish model. Under Victorian morality the term, used without qualifiers, came to imply a person of low moral character, often someone trying to marry for money (Lord Barkis Bitteren of the movie Corpse Bride is such a character).
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adventurer
Noun
1. a person who enjoys taking risks
(synonym) venturer
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(hyponym) argonaut
(derivation) gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance
2. someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
(synonym) explorer
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(hyponym) conquistador
(derivation) gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Adventurer
(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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Adventurer
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.
  

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg Project

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