(adventuress)

  • 11adventuress — ad ven·tur·ess || tʃərɪs n. female adventurer; woman who gains position or power by questionable means ad ven·tur·er || tʃərÉ™ n. one who goes on adventures; one who takes risks, speculator …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 12adventuress —    a promiscuous female    Not just a female who travels the world or does exciting things:     ... she was also an adventurer, in the precise sense of the word one who has adventures, as opposed to an adventuressone who has lovers. (Blanch,… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 13adventuress — ad·ven·tur·ess …

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  • 14adventuress — ad•ven•tur•ess [[t]ædˈvɛn tʃər ɪs[/t]] n. a woman who schemes to win social position, wealth, etc., by questionable means • Etymology: 1745–55 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 15adventuress — /ədˈvɛntʃərɛs/ (say uhd venchuhres) noun 1. a female adventurer. 2. a woman who schemes to win social position, money, etc., by equivocal methods …

  • 16adventuress — noun a woman adventurer • Hypernyms: ↑adventurer, ↑venturer …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 17The Adventuress of Henrietta Street — Doctorwhobook title=The Adventuress of Henrietta Street series=Eighth Doctor Adventures number=51 featuring=Eighth Doctor Fitz and Anji writer=Lawrence Miles publisher=BBC Books isbn= ISBN 0 563 53842 2 set between= pages=284 date=November 2001… …

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  • 18CATCHPOLE, Margaret (1762-1819) — adventuress was born at Nacton, Suffolk, on 14 March 1762. Her father, Jonathan Catchpole, was a head ploughman. When little more than a child she rode bareback into Ipswich to obtain a doctor, guiding the horse with a halter. She went out to… …

    Dictionary of Australian Biography

  • 19The Isle of Love — Infobox Film name = The Isle of Love image size = caption = director = Edwin Middleton producer = writer = Paul M. Bryan (scenario) narrator = starring = Julian Eltinge Rudolph Valentino, Virginia Rappe music = cinematography = editing =… …

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  • 20Sabbath (Doctor Who) — Doctorwhocharacter name=Sabbath affiliation=The Council of Eight race=Human planet=Earth era=18th century start= The Adventuress of Henrietta Street finish= Sometime Never... (book) A Labyrinth of Histories (audio) portrayed=Saul Jaffe and Keith… …

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