adventuress
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8.6
- noun
- /ædˈvɛnʧərɪs/
- Archaic
:
aventurera
- Many consider her an adventuress because she is always seeking new experiences.
- a sexual adventuress
Examples
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You're a respectable woman, Fay, but you're not dull because you have the soul of an adventuress.
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Whereas I'm really an adventuress with the soul of a respectable woman.
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I had you down for an adventuress.
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Elizabeth is some kind of adventuress.
Fiction book (1995) -
Is Elizabeth some kind of adventuress?
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How can this runaway adventuress be my mother?
Fiction book (1999) -
You thought I was a respectable woman with a soul of an adventuress.
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The Adventuress Club keeps meticulous records of all our members' achievements.
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Joanna: It sounds like you're the adventuress!
Fiction book (1998) -
Minna: So you've become an adventuress!
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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4.2
A person who likes taking risks and exploring unknown places
How Adventurous
Surface Forms
Morphology
adventuress = adventurer (transparent) = adventure + ess
Formed by adding the feminine suffix '-ess' to the noun 'adventurer' (or directly to 'adventure'), producing a female person who seeks adventure; meaning is directly predictable from the base.
Etymology
Adventuress comes from adventure, a word that once meant 'what comes' or an 'arrival' and shares the same root as advent. So an adventuress is a woman who goes into new places and takes risks, often to gain something or to make her own way.