fortune hunter

== English == === Alternative forms === fortune-hunter === 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. 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. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:hypergamist ==== Translations ==== === See also === gold digger soldier of fortune === References === “fortune hunter”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.