adventurer
Example Sentences
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Figures like Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Napoleon were adventurers, and while perhaps not personally admirable, they changed history and changed it irrevocably:
From Salon
The king solemnly advises the adventurers on how, according to lore, elephants became revered participants in the history of his people.
Relocation agencies say their new clients go far beyond young adventurers on European sojourns or their retiring parents.
LONDON—The band of adventurers call it “Operation Certain Death.”
This has been a dangerous avalanche season for snow adventurers in the high Sierra.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
