adventurer

  1. Noun.  One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.
  2. Noun.  A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
  3. Noun.  A social pretender on the lookout for advancement; one who pushes his fortune by equivocal means, as false pretences.

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