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Definition of Adventuress
1. Noun. A woman adventurer.
Definition of Adventuress
1. n. A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means.
Definition of Adventuress
1. Noun. A female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure. ¹
2. Noun. A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character who pursues personal advancement, especially by sexual means; a demirep. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adventuress
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Medical Definition of Adventuress
1. A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adventuress
Literary usage of Adventuress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1907)
""THE adventuress" is so good a story that it was the ONE book we accepted out
... "THE adventuress" is one of the best stories and handsomest looking books ..."
2. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1892)
"The adventuress is generally of foreign extraction. ... She is fond of married
life, is the adventuress, and she goes in for it pretty extensively. ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"Baroness—Or I'll lose my name. Marquis — And you shall lose your name — I promise
you. A SEVERE YOUNG JUDGE From 'The adventuress ' CLORINDE ..."
4. Stage-land: Curious Habits and Customs of Its Inhabitants by Jerome Klapka Jerome (1906)
"The adventuress is generally of foreign extraction. They do not make bad women
in England, the article is entirely of continental manufacture, ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Ferdinand, hated her bitterly, as an adventuress and interloper. Ь October 1587
both the grand duke and bis wife died of colic щ:Ыа a couple of days of each ..."
6. Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson: An Historical Biography Based on Letters and by John Cordy Jeaffreson (1888)
"Sussex—Emily's ' Giddiness' and ' Wildness'—More Trouble for the Young adventuress.
... adventuress ..."
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