adventuress

ad·ven·tur·ess | \ əd-ˈven-ch(ə-)rəs

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Definition of adventuress

: a female adventurer: such as

a : a woman who seeks dangerous or exciting experiences

b somewhat old-fashioned : a woman who seeks position or livelihood by questionable means

Examples of adventuress in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Noelline is judged a successful adventuress, but Pianon is thought a double fool for having taken her back. — Andrea Lee, The New Yorker, "The Rivals," 28 Dec. 2020 Lewd women, bawds and adventuresses were not welcome in courts, nor were prostitutes or immoral characters. — Clement Knox, Time, "When U.S. Laws Punished Men for 'Seduction,' Women Were the Ones Who Got Judged," 4 Feb. 2020 In 1871 an English adventuress named Lucy Walker became the first woman to summit the mountain. — Mark Jenkins, National Geographic, "How the pursuit of one European peak gave rise to modern mountaineering," 1 Aug. 2019 Freya, for her part, approaches the perils of travel with the gusto of a Victorian adventuress. — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, "Children’s Books: Taking to the Sky," 25 Jan. 2019 Wallis was seen as a vulgar American adventuress, while Meghan is perceived as a career woman who isn’t afraid to admit her mistakes and move on. — Daisy Goodwin, Time, "How Meghan Markle Is Giving the Royal Family the Shake-Up It Needs," 17 May 2018 Montez really was an adventuress, a bicontinental courtesan, while Menken was first and foremost a performer and an artist. — Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, "The 19th century nude scene that took San Francisco by storm," 27 Apr. 2018

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“Adventuress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adventuress. Accessed 19 Jan. 2021.

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