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fortune hunters

fortune hunters is the plural of fortune hunter.

Meaning of fortune hunter

Noun

fortune hunter (plural fortune hunters)

  1. A person who pursues wealth without earning it through labor, typically by engaging in ventures that are opportunistic, ethically dubious, or socially exploitative, such as entering into marriage for financial gain.
    • “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.”1993, Amanda Scott, chapter 15, in The Fickle Fortune Hunter, Signet Books, page 217
    Synonyms:
    hypergamist

Questions about fortune hunters

What is fortune hunters the plural of?
Fortune hunters is the plural of fortune hunter.

Words near fortune hunters in the dictionary

  1. fortune favors the daring
  2. fortune favours the bold
  3. fortune favours the brave
  4. fortune favours the daring
  5. fortune hunter
  6. fortune hunters
  7. fortune hunting
  8. fortune seeker
  9. fortune seekers
  10. fortune stick
  11. fortune sticks

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