adventurer
English
/ædˈvɛn.tʃɚ.ɚ/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Suf from English adventure.
Origin
English
adventure
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adventure English
- adventureful English
- adventureless English
- adventurement English
- adventuresome English
- adventuress English
- adventurest English
- adventureth English
- adventurish English
- adventurism English
- adventurist English
- adventuristic English
- coadventure English
- coadventurer English
- ecoadventure English
- misadventure English
- nonadventure English
- アドベンチャー Japanese
- aventure Middle English
- adbentyur Cebuano
- 어드벤처 Korean