adventuress
noun/ədˈvɛntʃəɹɪs/UK
Etymology
From adventure (verb) + -ess, after adventurer. Compare earlier governess, sorceress, etc.
Definitions
A female adventurer
A female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure.
A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character who pursues personal advancement,…
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.
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).
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for adventuress. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA