fortune hunter
Definitions
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.
Equivalents
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Examples
““You are very charming, sir, so charming, in fact, that you made me forget⟳ for a time that you are a fortune hunter. You slipped up only once just now, but that was enough. You don’t want⟳ me or my help⟳, only my money.””
“101-year-old Rose (Gloria Stuart) returns to the scene of waterlogged hubris, where fortune hunter Lovett (Bill Paxton) is diving for diamonds.”
“[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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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