Noun

(wikipedia nomad) (en noun)

A member of a group of people who, having no fixed home, move around seasonally in search of food, water and grazing etc.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)

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A wanderer.

Noun

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.