adventurer
Etymology
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Etymology
From
- (America) IPA: /ædˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ.ɚ/
adventurer (plural adventurers)
- One who enjoys adventures.
- A person who seeks a fortune in new and possibly dangerous enterprises.
- A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
- A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means.
- (video games) A player of adventure games or text adventures.
- 1992, Tim Kemp, Microfair Madness (game review in Your Sinclair issue 75, March 1992)
- It's a challenging game for the inexperienced adventurer, and should even give the hardened pros a bit of a run for their money.
- 1992, Tim Kemp, Microfair Madness (game review in Your Sinclair issue 75, March 1992)
- (one who enjoys adventures) man of action
- (soldier of fortune) see Thesaurus:mercenary
- French: aventurier, aventurière
- German: Abenteurer, Abenteurerin
- Italian: avventuriero, venturiero
- Portuguese: aventureiro
- Russian: авантюри́ст
- Spanish: aventurero, aventurera
- German: Thronbewerber, Thronbewerberin
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