"adventuress" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ədˈvɛntʃəɹɪs/ [UK] Forms: adventuresses [plural]
Etymology: From adventure + -ess. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|adventure|ess}} adventure + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} adventuress (plural adventuresses)
  1. A female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure. Categories (topical): Female people Translations (female adventurer): seikkailijatar (Finnish), aventurière [feminine] (French), Abenteuerin [feminine] (German), Abenteurerin [feminine] (German), aventureira [feminine] (Portuguese), авантюри́стка (avantjurístka) [feminine] (Russian), äventyrerska [common-gender] (Swedish), jiventüran (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-adventuress-en-noun-oGJG41oU Disambiguation of Female people: 50 6 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ess, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 51 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess: 58 38 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 62 34 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 46 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 35 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 69 26 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 72 26 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 68 26 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 67 29 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 72 25 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 70 25 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 72 26 3 Disambiguation of 'female adventurer': 70 1 29
  2. A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character who pursues personal advancement, especially by sexual means; a demirep.
    Sense id: en-adventuress-en-noun-~wnkxG7D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 51 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 46 3
  3. A female varietist. Categories (topical): Female people
    Sense id: en-adventuress-en-noun-3-3karzQ Disambiguation of Female people: 50 6 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: adventureress [proscribed, sometimes]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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