Definition of Adventuress

1. Noun. A woman adventurer.

Generic synonyms: Adventurer, Venturer

Definition of Adventuress

1. n. A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means.

Definition of Adventuress

1. Noun. A female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure. ¹

2. Noun. A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character who pursues personal advancement, especially by sexual means; a demirep. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Adventuress

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Medical Definition of Adventuress

1. A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adventuress

adventual
adventure
adventure education
adventure game
adventure games
adventure story
adventured
adventureful
adventureless
adventurer
adventurers
adventures
adventuresome
adventuresomely
adventuresomeness
adventuresses
adventuring
adventurings
adventurish
adventurism
adventurisms
adventurist
adventuristic
adventurists
adventurous
adventurously
adventurousness
adverb
adverb phrase

Literary usage of Adventuress

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1907)
""THE adventuress" is so good a story that it was the ONE book we accepted out ... "THE adventuress" is one of the best stories and handsomest looking books ..."

2. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1892)
"The adventuress is generally of foreign extraction. ... She is fond of married life, is the adventuress, and she goes in for it pretty extensively. ..."

3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"Baroness—Or I'll lose my name. Marquis — And you shall lose your name — I promise you. A SEVERE YOUNG JUDGE From 'The adventuress ' CLORINDE ..."

4. Stage-land: Curious Habits and Customs of Its Inhabitants by Jerome Klapka Jerome (1906)
"The adventuress is generally of foreign extraction. They do not make bad women in England, the article is entirely of continental manufacture, ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Ferdinand, hated her bitterly, as an adventuress and interloper. Ь October 1587 both the grand duke and bis wife died of colic щ:Ыа a couple of days of each ..."

6. Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson: An Historical Biography Based on Letters and by John Cordy Jeaffreson (1888)
"Sussex—Emily's ' Giddiness' and ' Wildness'—More Trouble for the Young adventuress. ... adventuress ..."

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