fortune hunternoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfɔː.tʃuːn ˌhʌn.tər/us/ˈfɔːr.tʃuːn ˌhʌn.t̬ɚ/disapprovingsomeone who tries to marry a person who has a lot of money
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Relationships: finding a partner
- a heavy date idiom
- be on the pull idiom
- chase
- computer dating
- courtship
- hook
- hook up
- internet dating
- lonely
- lonely hearts idiom
- lucky
- marriage bureau
- match
- online dating
- pin
- single
- singles bar
- speed dating
- together
- woo
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Examples from literature
- Should he allow her foolish fancy for a fortune hunter to divert her from the purpose he hoped she would one day cherish?
- The fortune hunter has discovered that he is on a false scent.
- Was she now to decline to the level of this fortune hunter, this crude young Westerner?
- You were a spoiled, capricious beauty when I met with you, and I, merely a fortune hunter.