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Webster 1913 Edition
Adventurer
Ad-ven′tur-er
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
aventurier
.] 1.
One who adventures;
as, the merchant
; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises. adventurers
2.
A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.
Webster 1828 Edition
Adventurer
ADVENT'URER
, n.1.
One who hazards, or puts something at risk, as merchant-adventurers.2.
One who seeks occasions of chance, or attempts bold, novel, or extraordinary enterprizes.