adventurer

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Etymology

From adventure +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ædˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ.ɚ/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

adventurer (plural adventurers)

One who enjoys adventures.
- 2013 January, Nancy Langston, “The Fraught History of a Watery World”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 22 January 2013, page 59:
  European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.
A person who seeks a fortune in new and possibly dangerous enterprises.
A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means.
(video games) A player of adventure games or text adventures.
- 1983 July, PC Mag, volume 2, number 2, page 351:
  Meanwhile, the ranks of adventurers grow, be they manic puzzle-solvers or people like me, who like to look under the Robners' beds just for the hell of it.
- 1992, Tim Kemp, Microfair Madness (game review in Your Sinclair issue 75, March 1992)
  It's a challenging game for the inexperienced adventurer, and should even give the hardened pros a bit of a run for their money.

Synonyms

(one who enjoys adventures): man of action
(soldier of fortune): see Thesaurus:mercenary

Derived terms

Related terms

adventuress

Translations

one who enjoys adventures

Arabic: مُغَامِر m (muḡāmir), مُغَامِرَة f (muḡāmira), مُخاطِر m (muḵāṭir), مُخاطِرَة f (muḵāṭira)
Azerbaijani: avantürist, macəraçı
Basque: abenturazale
Belarusian: авантуры́ст m (avanturýst), авантуры́стка f (avanturýstka), аванту́рнiк m (avantúrnik), аванту́рнiца f (avantúrnica)
Bulgarian: авантюри́ст (bg) m (avantjuríst), авантюри́стка (bg) f (avantjurístka)
Catalan: aventurer m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 冒險者／冒险者 (zh) (màoxiǎnzhě)
Czech: dobrodruh (cs) m
Dutch: avonturier (nl) m
Esperanto: aventuristo
Finnish: seikkailija (fi)
French: aventurier (fr) m, aventurière (fr) f
Galician: aventureiro m
German: Abenteurer (de) m, Abenteurerin (de) f
Greek: τυχοδιώκτης (el) m (tychodióktis), τυχοδιώκτρια (el) f (tychodióktria)
Hebrew: הַרְפַּתְקָן (he) m (harpatkán), הרפתקנית f (harpatkanít)
Hungarian: kalandor (hu), felfedező (hu)
Indonesian: petualang (id)
Italian: avventuriero (it) m, venturiero m
Japanese: 冒険家 (ja) (ぼうけんか, bōkenka)
Korean: 모험가(冒險家) (ko) (moheomga)
Maori: kaikapua, kaewa, kiri māia, mātātoa
Persian: ماجراجو (fa) (mâjarâju), هنگامه‌طلب (hangâme-talab)
Polish: awanturnik (pl) m, awanturnica (pl) f
Portuguese: aventureiro (pt) m
Russian: авантюри́ст (ru) m (avantjuríst), авантюри́стка (ru) f (avantjurístka) (now means an unscrupulous person), иска́тель приключе́ний m (iskátelʹ priključénij), иска́тельница приключе́ний f (iskátelʹnica priključénij)
Sicilian: vintureri m
Slovak: dobrodruh m
Spanish: aventurero (es) m, aventurera f
Swedish: äventyrare (sv) c
Tajik: моҷароҷӯ (mojarojü), ҳангоматалаб (hangomatalab)
Thai: นักผจญภัย
Turkish: maceraperest (tr), maceracı (tr)
Ukrainian: авантюри́ст (uk) m (avantjurýst), авантюри́стка (uk) f (avantjurýstka), шука́ч приго́д m (šukáč pryhód), шука́чка приго́д f (šukáčka pryhód)
Volapük: (♂♀) ventüran (vo), (♂) hiventüran, (♀) jiventüran
Yiddish: אַוואַנטוריסט m (avanturist), אַוואַנטוריסטקע f (avanturistke)

social pretender on the lookout for advancement

German: Thronbewerber m, Thronbewerberin f
Greek: τυχοδιώκτης (el) m (tychodióktis)
Hungarian: kalandor (hu)

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Albanian: ^{(please verify)} aventurier (sq)