fortune hunter
noun
: a person who seeks wealth especially by marriage
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web For those individuals enviously eyeing the market, furs seemed like a stable commodity with lower barriers to entry than many other fortune hunter paths. 
David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 17 July 2022 Catherine begins the film a shy, naïve young woman who places her trust in fortune hunter Morris Townsend (Montgomery Clift). Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 July 2020 The name was carried over as the name of the settlement founded near the site, fueled by a silver rush that attracted fortune hunters to the new town. National Geographic, 26 Mar. 2020 He was freed from the misery of that boarding school only when Sarah, having been bilked by a fortune hunter, went broke and had to withdraw him. Jonathan Dee, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2019
David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 17 July 2022 Catherine begins the film a shy, naïve young woman who places her trust in fortune hunter Morris Townsend (Montgomery Clift). Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 July 2020 The name was carried over as the name of the settlement founded near the site, fueled by a silver rush that attracted fortune hunters to the new town. National Geographic, 26 Mar. 2020 He was freed from the misery of that boarding school only when Sarah, having been bilked by a fortune hunter, went broke and had to withdraw him. Jonathan Dee, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2019 Word History
First Known Use
1689, in the meaning defined above