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Filibuster :: Filibuster (n.) A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855..

Mayhap :: Mayhap (adv.) Perhaps; peradventure.

Misadventure :: Misadventure (n.) Mischance; misfortune; ill lick; unlucky accident; ill adventure.

Coadventure :: Coadventure (v. i.) To share in a venture.

Buccaneer :: Buccaneer (n.) A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Munchausenism :: Munchausenism (n.) An extravagant fiction embodying an account of some marvelous exploit or adventure.

Adventure :: Adventure (v. i.) To try the chance; to take the risk.

Return :: Return (n.) The profit on, or advantage received from, labor, or an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc..

Romance :: Romance (n.) A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like..

Peradventure :: Peradventure (adv. & conj.) By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing.

Venturer :: Venturer (n.) One who ventures, or puts to hazard; an adventurer..

Sea King :: Sea king () One of the leaders among the Norsemen who passed their lives in roving the seas in search of plunder and adventures; a Norse pirate chief. See the Note under Viking.

Adventurer :: Adventurer (n.) A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.

Adventure :: Adventure (n.) That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss..

Demirep :: Demirep (n.) A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress.

Disadventure :: Disadventure (n.) Misfortune; mishap.

Aventure :: Aventure (n.) Accident; chance; adventure.

Errantry :: Errantry (n.) A wandering; a roving; esp., a roving in quest of adventures..

Adventure :: Adventure (n.) A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.

Paraventure :: Paraventure (adv.) Peradventure; perchance.

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