fortune hunting
Seeking rich spouse
Fortune hunting is pursuing wealth through marriage rather than earning it.
A fortune hunter seeks a rich spouse, traditionally a man courting a wealthy woman for her money: The family suspected he was fortune hunting and forbade the match.
The term carries connotations of cynical calculation and insincere romance.
It can extend to any mercenary pursuit of money or inheritance.
- gold diggerOne pursuing wealthy partners
- dowryMarital property transfer
- heiressFemale wealth recipient
- wealthyHaving abundant financial resources
- old moneyLong-established family fortune
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- opportunismcapitalizing, cashing in, self-serving, maneuvering, leveraging
- AmericanaAmerican flag, Fourth of July, bald eagle, Thanksgiving, apple pie
- greedgreed, avarice, covetousness, cupidity, materialism
- seekingsearch, seeking, quest, pursuit, inquiry
fortune huntinglove match
Marriage for passion, not practicality
true love · romantic love · love marriage · unconditional love · affair of the heart
fortune huntingself-made wealth
Money earned independently
earning one's keep · financial independence · working for a living · self-reliance · pulling oneself up by one's bootstraps
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