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Definition of Adventurists
1. adventurist [n] - See also: adventurist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adventurists
Literary usage of Adventurists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society by American-Irish Historical Society (1900)
"God grant us more such "adventurists and refugees," for they lived useful ...
The historian who would apply the term " adventurists and refugees " to such ..."
2. The Cradle of the Confederacy: Or, The Times of Troup, Quitman, and Yancey by Joseph Hodgson (1876)
"... and other Franco-Latin vestiges of that great wave of adventurists which the
empire of Charles V sent forth to the Indies and to the Gulf of Mexico; ..."
3. The Mercersburg Review by Marshall College (Mercersburg, Pa.). Alumni Association, Alumni Association, Pa.) Marshall College (Mercersburg (1851)
"Upon the domain of religion, are observed full as many adventurists, and
fortune-seekers as elsewhere, who have never learned to bow at the thrine of Truth, ..."
4. The Slaughter of the Jews in the Ukraine in 1919 by Elias Heifetz (1921)
"But their blood must fall as a curse upon those who showed themselves provo-
cators and adventurists." On the next day another proclamation was issued, ..."
5. Adventure Guide to Texas by Kimberly Young (1999)
"There are a variety of rock shelves, chutes and falls for tubing adventurists.
Because much of the land surrounding this portion of river is privately owned ..."
6. Adventure Guide to the Sierra Nevada by Wilbur H. Morrison (2000)
"The Pleasant Valley Reservoir area (tr 619-878-2411) features hang gliding, biking
and equestrian activities for outdoor adventurists. From Owens Valley you ..."
7. Dallas & Fort Worth Alive!by Kimberly Young by Kimberly Young (2001)
"There are a variety of rock shelves, chutes and falls for tubing adventurists.
Because much of the land surrounding this portion of river is privately owned ..."
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