0 a person who is always trying to get an advantage for himself or herself, especially by taking risks
In 2010 the ruling administration was overthrown and the city was opened up to rebels and chancers to carve out their own little piece of paradise.
Rory has been described as a cheeky chancer and a heart-throb.
Through her relationships she is shown to be a chancer who wants to have fun and has the bottle for anything.
However, the fact that this country has moved during the past eight years from being a nation of pragmatists to a nation of chancers is both profound and tragic.
He is a member of a party of chancers.
The man seems to be a complete chancer, and a callous one at that.
It means that we do not really trust the person who is described as a chancer.
The chancer will try to take advantage of the new opportunity.