-chərər, -ch(ə)rə noun
( -s )
1. : one that adventures or seeks or engages in adventures: as
a. : a mercenary fighter : a free-lance volunteer : soldier of fortune
reported that the rebel command consisted largely of foreign adventurers
b.
(1) : one that engages or shares in commercial enterprises of considerable risk for profit especially in foreign countries — compare merchant adventurer
(2) chiefly Britain : a shareholder in a mining company
2. : a person of uncertain qualifications seeking to attain unmerited wealth or position by sharp practice and dubious methods especially by playing on the credulity or prejudices of others : one that lives by his wits
if he had … no aim except to live at my expense, then I should regard him as an adventurer — G.B.Shaw
there were no courtesans … there were no adventurers — F.L.Allen
ring of political adventurers — D.D.Martin