noun. A woman who seeks social and financial advancement by unscrupulous means.

noun. A female adventurer; a woman engaged in or capable of bold enterprises, especially enterprises of equivocal character.

noun. A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means.

noun. A female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure.

noun. A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character who pursues personal advancement, especially by sexual means; a demirep.

noun. a woman adventurer

"Despite her aloofness, Mrs. Grant did now and then steal a glance at Mrs. Pope to see if this brazen creature [526] would betray in any manner the fact that she was sleeping with the senator, but the adventuress was a wily one who disclosed nothing."

adventurer  venturer  

adulterer  borderer  charlatan  courtesan  deceiver  

Aspasia  Delilah  Jezebel  Messalina  Phryne