"adventurer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ædˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ.ɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-adventurer.ogg [US] Forms: adventurers [plural]
Etymology: From adventure + -er. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|adventure|er|id2=agent noun}} adventure + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} adventurer (plural adventurers)
  1. One who enjoys adventures. Synonyms (one who enjoys adventures): man of action Translations (one who enjoys adventures): مُغَامِر (muḡāmir) [masculine] (Arabic), مُغَامِرَة (muḡāmira) [feminine] (Arabic), مُخاطِر (muḵāṭir) [masculine] (Arabic), مُخاطِرَة (muḵāṭira) [feminine] (Arabic), avantürist (Azerbaijani), macəraçı (Azerbaijani), abenturazale (Basque), авантуры́ст (avanturýst) [masculine] (Belarusian), авантуры́стка (avanturýstka) [feminine] (Belarusian), аванту́рнiк (avantúrnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), аванту́рнiца (avantúrnica) [feminine] (Belarusian), авантюри́ст (avantjuríst) [masculine] (Bulgarian), авантюри́стка (avantjurístka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), aventurer [masculine] (Catalan), 冒險者 (Chinese Mandarin), 冒险者 (màoxiǎnzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), dobrodruh [masculine] (Czech), avonturier [masculine] (Dutch), aventuristo (Esperanto), seikkailija (Finnish), aventurier [masculine] (French), aventurière [feminine] (French), aventureiro [masculine] (Galician), Abenteurer [masculine] (German), Abenteurerin [feminine] (German), τυχοδιώκτης (tychodióktis) [masculine] (Greek), τυχοδιώκτρια (tychodióktria) [feminine] (Greek), הַרְפַּתְקָן (harpatkán) [masculine] (Hebrew), הרפתקנית (harpatkanít) [feminine] (Hebrew), kalandor (Hungarian), felfedező (Hungarian), petualang (Indonesian), avventuriero [masculine] (Italian), venturiero [masculine] (Italian), 冒険家 (bōkenka) (alt: ぼうけんか) (Japanese), 모험가 (moheomga) (alt: 冒險家) (Korean), kaikapua (Maori), kaewa (Maori), kiri māia (Maori), ماجراجو (mâjarâju) (Persian), awanturnik [masculine] (Polish), awanturnica [feminine] (Polish), aventureiro [masculine] (Portuguese), авантюри́ст (avantjuríst) [masculine] (Russian), иска́тель приключе́ний (iskátelʹ priključénij) [masculine] (Russian), иска́тельница приключе́ний (iskátelʹnica priključénij) [feminine] (Russian), vintureri [masculine] (Sicilian), dobrodruh [masculine] (Slovak), aventurero [masculine] (Spanish), aventurera [feminine] (Spanish), äventyrare [common-gender] (Swedish), моҷароҷӯ (mojarojü) (Tajik), นักผจญภัย (Thai), maceraperest (Turkish), maceracı (Turkish), авантюри́ст (avantjurýst) [masculine] (Ukrainian), авантюри́стка (avantjurýstka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), шука́ч приго́д (šukáč pryhód) [masculine] (Ukrainian), шука́чка приго́д (šukáčka pryhód) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ventüran [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hiventüran [masculine] (Volapük), jiventüran [feminine] (Volapük), אַוואַנטוריסט (avanturist) [masculine] (Yiddish), אַוואַנטוריסטקע (avanturistke) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-adventurer-en-noun-FcnzhV~o Disambiguation of 'one who enjoys adventures': 73 7 5 7 8 Disambiguation of 'one who enjoys adventures': 73 7 5 7 8
  2. A person who seeks a fortune in new and possibly dangerous enterprises.
    Sense id: en-adventurer-en-noun-Gomqfxq6
  3. A soldier of fortune, a speculator. Categories (topical): People Synonyms (soldier of fortune): mercenary
    Sense id: en-adventurer-en-noun-WwfysfUZ Disambiguation of People: 11 9 63 16 0 Disambiguation of 'soldier of fortune': 4 15 69 9 3
  4. A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means.
    Sense id: en-adventurer-en-noun-wYTlXe-s
  5. (video games) A player of adventure games or text adventures. Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-adventurer-en-noun-CvlrEb8K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 15 12 7 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 15 19 12 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 21 15 18 9 37 Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: adventureress, adventurership, coadventurer Related terms: adventuress Translations (social pretender on the lookout for advancement): Thronbewerber [masculine] (German), Thronbewerberin [feminine] (German), τυχοδιώκτης (tychodióktis) [masculine] (Greek), kalandor (Hungarian)
Disambiguation of 'social pretender on the lookout for advancement': 16 20 18 22 24

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
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          "alt": "ぼうけんか",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bōkenka",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "word": "冒険家"
        },
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          "alt": "冒險家",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "moheomga",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "word": "모험가"
        },
        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "word": "kaikapua"
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        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "word": "kaewa"
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        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "word": "kiri māia"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mâjarâju",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "word": "ماجراجو"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "awanturnik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 5 7 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "awanturnica"
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        {
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "aventureiro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 5 7 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "avantjuríst",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "авантюри́ст"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "авантюри́стка f (avantjurístka) (now means an unscrupulous person)",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 5 7 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "iskátelʹ priključénij",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "иска́тель приключе́ний"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "iskátelʹnica priključénij",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "иска́тельница приключе́ний"
        },
        {
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          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "vintureri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 5 7 8",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "dobrodruh"
        },
        {
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "aventurero"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 5 7 8",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "aventurera"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "äventyrare"
        },
        {
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          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "mojarojü",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "word": "моҷароҷӯ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 5 7 8",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "word": "นักผจญภัย"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 5 7 8",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "word": "maceraperest"
        },
        {
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "word": "maceracı"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "avantjurýst",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "авантюри́ст"
        },
        {
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "avantjurýstka",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 5 7 8",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "šukáč pryhód",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "шука́ч приго́д"
        },
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "šukáčka pryhód",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
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          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "ventüran"
        },
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          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "hiventüran"
        },
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          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "jiventüran"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 7 5 7 8",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "avanturist",
          "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
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    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jiventüran"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "avanturist",
      "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אַוואַנטוריסט"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "avanturistke",
      "sense": "one who enjoys adventures",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אַוואַנטוריסטקע"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "social pretender on the lookout for advancement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Thronbewerber"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "social pretender on the lookout for advancement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Thronbewerberin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tychodióktis",
      "sense": "social pretender on the lookout for advancement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "τυχοδιώκτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "social pretender on the lookout for advancement",
      "word": "kalandor"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "adventurer"
  ],
  "word": "adventurer"
}

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