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Adventuresses

Scope note

Women who pursue hazardous, risky, unscrupulous, or questionable enterprises and activities, either to gain wealth, power, or social position, or for the sake of excitement.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000236017

Broader Terms used

<people by activity>

Equivalent Terms used

adventuress
adventuress's
adventuresses'

Created

13yrs ago

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