fortune hunter
Noun
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Noun
fortune hunter (plural fortune hunters)
- A person who eagerly seeks wealth without working to earn it, especially in an adventurous way or in an unsavory or unscrupulous way such as through marriage.
- circa 1802 Maria Edgeworth, "Almeria" From Tales and Novels, Volume V:
- [H]e did not know of what use money could be to a woman, except to make her a prey to a fortune-hunter.
- 1998 Jan. 25, Matthew Sweet, "Cinema: Kate Winslet: the sinking man's crumpet ↗" (film review of Titanic), The Independent (UK) (retrieved 6 June 2014):
- 101-year-old Rose (Gloria Stuart) returns to the scene of waterlogged hubris, where fortune hunter Lovett (Bill Paxton) is diving for diamonds.
- 2009 Nov. 6, Seth Schiesel, "Video Game Review: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves ↗," New York Times (retrieved 6 June 2014):
- [T]he swashbuckling modern-day fortune hunter Nathan Drake treks from Istanbul to Borneo to the highest peaks of the Himalayas in search of the lost treasures of the mystical Shambhala.
- circa 1802 Maria Edgeworth, "Almeria" From Tales and Novels, Volume V:
- Spanish: cazafortunas
- Portuguese: caça-fortunas
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