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fortune hunter

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noun

a person who hopes to prosper, especially through marriage to someone of wealth.

Origin of fortune hunter

First recorded in 1680–90

OTHER WORDS FROM fortune hunter

for·tune-hunt·ing, adjective, noun

Words nearby fortune hunter

fortunate, fortunately, fortune, fortune cookie, fortune five hundred, fortune hunter, fortune-hunter, fortune-teller, fortunetelling, forty, forty hours

Example sentences from the Web for fortune-hunter

He was not a fortune-hunter, for he did not require it; but idleness and extravagance might make him one in the end.

All-Hallow Eve; or, The Test of Futurity. |Robert Curtis
Mr. Blanchet was not a fortune-hunter in the ordinary sense.

The Galaxy, June 1877 |Various
Some, difficult of access, invite the adventurer to their remotest nooks, where the fortune-hunter would seek for gold or silver.

The Awakening of the Desert |Julius C. Birge
This is not the story of a fortune-hunter; not, at all events, of a hunter of such fortunes as are made and lost nowadays.

Idolatry |Julian Hawthorne

You can bear witness that I was not a fortune-hunter, said Philip, laughing.

Dust |Julian Hawthorne

British Dictionary definitions for fortune-hunter

fortune-hunter

noun

a person who seeks to secure a fortune, esp through marriage

Derived forms of fortune-hunter

fortune-hunting, adjective, noun