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adventuress

UK/ədˈvɛntʃəɹɪs/

adventuress noun: a female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure.

Noun

adventuress (plural adventuresses)

  1. A female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure.
  2. A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character who pursues personal advancement, especially by sexual means; a demirep.
    • The ingenious adventuress, who may have become Rohan's mistress, formed a plan to make her fortune out of the cardinal's passion for power and the queen's passion for gems.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 337
  3. A female varietist.
    • And even an iconic movie star like Amitabh Bachchan is not embarrassed to state he approves of actress Aishwarya because she is "homely and domesticated" (read: not a sexual adventuress).2008, Shobba De, Superstar India: From Incredible to Unstoppable, pages 90–01

adventuress meaning in Tamil

adventuress in Tamil

துணிச்சலான பெண்

Forms of adventuress

pluraladventuresses
alternative proscribed sometimesadventureress

Origin of adventuress

From adventure (verb) + -ess, after adventurer. Compare earlier governess, sorceress, etc.

Questions about adventuress

What does adventuress mean?
Adventuress means a female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure.
What is adventuress in Tamil?
Adventuress in Tamil is துணிச்சலான பெண். See Adventuress meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is adventuress?
Adventuress is a noun.
How do you pronounce adventuress?
Adventuress is pronounced /ədˈvɛntʃəɹɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of adventuress?
The plural of adventuress is adventuresses.

Words near adventuress in the dictionary

  1. adventurership
  2. adventures
  3. adventuresome
  4. adventuresomely
  5. adventuresomeness
  6. adventuress
  7. adventuresses
  8. adventurest
  9. adventureth
  10. adventurine
  11. adventurines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adventuress (page history and authors); adventuress (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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