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gainseekers

gainseekers is the plural of gainseeker.

Meaning of gainseeker

Noun

gainseeker (plural gainseekers)

  1. A greedy person; one who seeks wealth or other personal benefit.
    • Nevertheless, like everything else worth while, however sacred and precious and well-guarded, they have always been subject to attack, mostly by despoiling gainseekers, -- mischief-makers of every degree from Satan to supervisors, lumbermen, cattlemen, farmers, etc., eagerly trying to make...1908 January 4, John Muir, “The Hetch Hetchy Valley”, in Sierra Club Bulletin, volume VI, number 4

Questions about gainseekers

What is gainseekers the plural of?
Gainseekers is the plural of gainseeker.

Words near gainseekers in the dictionary

  1. Gainsborough chair
  2. Gainsborough hat
  3. Gainsborough hats
  4. Gainsboroughs
  5. gainseeker
  6. gainseekers
  7. gainseeking
  8. gainset
  9. gainsets
  10. gainsetting
  11. gainshare

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