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adventurer
English
Etymology
From adventure +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (US): IPA(key): /æd?v?n.t??.?/
Noun
adventurer (plural adventurers)
- One who enjoys adventures.
- A person who seeks a fortune in new and possibly dangerous enterprises.
- A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
- A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means
- (video games) A player of adventure games or text adventures.
- 1983, PC Mag (volume 2, number 2, July 1983, page 351)
- Meanwhile, the ranks of adventurers grow, be they manic puzzle-solvers or people like me, who like to look under the Robners' beds just for the hell of it.
- 1992, Tim Kemp, Microfair Madness (game review in Your Sinclair issue 75, March 1992)
- It's a challenging game for the inexperienced adventurer, and should even give the hardened pros a bit of a run for their money.
- 1983, PC Mag (volume 2, number 2, July 1983, page 351)
Synonyms
- (one who enjoys adventures): man of action
- (soldier of fortune): see Thesaurus:mercenary
Related terms
- adventuress
Translations
Further reading
- adventurer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- adventurer in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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wayfarer
English
Etymology
From Middle English weyfarere, weifarere; equivalent to way +? farer.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?we??f???.?(?)/
Noun
wayfarer (plural wayfarers)
- A traveller, especially one on foot.
- A type of glasses, with pointed ends and rounded bottoms.
Related terms
- wayfare
- wayfaring
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