ADVENTURESS

adventuress

(noun) a woman adventurer

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

adventuress (plural adventuresses)

A female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure.

A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character who pursues personal advancement, especially by sexual means; a demirep.

A female varietist.

Source: Wiktionary


Ad*ven"tur*ess, n.

Definition: A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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OBLIQUE

(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”


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