adventuress
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adventuresses, plural;
/adˈvenCHəris/,/əd-/,
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adventuresses, plural;
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A woman who enjoys or seeks adventure
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A woman who seeks social or financial advancement by dishonest or unscrupulous methods
- - a sexual adventuress scheming to make a profitable marriage
Web Definitions:
- a woman adventurer
- The Adventuress sailing dinghy class was designed by Ian Proctor and built by of Essex. It is no longer in production.
- Adventuress is a 133-foot gaff-rigged schooner launched in 1913 in East Boothbay, Maine. She has since been restored, and is listed as a National Historic Landmark.
- I See a Dark Stranger (released as The Adventuress in the United States) is a British 1946 World War II spy film with touches of light comedy, by the team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, and starring Deborah Kerr and Trevor Howard.
- feminine form of adventurer; A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; a demirep