Noun

(en noun)

One who adventures; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.

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A soldier of fortune, a speculator.

A social pretender on the lookout for advancement; one who pushes his fortune by equivocal means, as false pretences.

(video games) A player of adventure games or text adventures.

* 1983 , PC Mag (volume 2, number 2, July 1983, page 351)

Meanwhile, the ranks of adventurers grow, be they manic puzzle-solvers or people like me, who like to look under the Robners' beds just for the hell of it.

* 1992 , Tim Kemp, Microfair Madness'' (game review in ''Your Sinclair issue 75, March 1992)

It's a challenging game for the inexperienced adventurer , and should even give the hardened pros a bit of a run for their money.

Noun

(en noun)

One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.

A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-10

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Some people will consider their national heroes to be pioneers of civilization.

Certain politicians can be considered as pioneers of reform.

(obsolete, military)   A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; a sapper.

A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.

(Communism)   A child of 10–16 years in the former Soviet Union, in the second of the three stages in becoming a member of the Communist Party.