Adventuress

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Adventuress \Ad*ven"tur*ess\, n.
     A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by
     equivocal means.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  adventuress
       n : a woman adventurer

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "adventuress":
     Aspasia, Delilah, Jezebel, Messalina, Phryne, Thais, adventurer,
     brazenface, courtesan, daredevil, demimondaine, demimonde, demirep,
     devil, femme fatale, fire-eater, harem girl, harum-scarum, hellcat,
     hetaera, hotspur, houri, madbrain, madcap, odalisque, rantipole,
     seductress, temptress, vamp, vampire, wild man