adventuress
English
/ədˈvɛntʃəɹɪs/
noun
Definitions
- A female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure.
- A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character who pursues personal advancement, especially by sexual means; a demirep.
- A female varietist.
Etymology
Suffix 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
- adventurer English
- adventuresome English
- adventurest English
- adventureth English
- adventurish English
- adventurism English
- adventurist English
- adventuristic English
- coadventure English
- ecoadventure English
- misadventure English
- nonadventure English
- アドベンチャー Japanese
- aventure Middle English
- adbentyur Cebuano
- 어드벤처 Korean