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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Adventurer

/ăd-vĕn'-chẽr-ẽr/ · Ad·ven·tur·er · IPA /ædˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ.ɚ/
01 n. One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.
  1. 1.
    One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.
  2. 2.
    A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.