What does fortune-hunter mean?
Fortune-hunter means Alternative form of fortune hunter..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of fortune hunter..
"There is no character more contemptible than a man that is a fortune-hunter, and I can see no reason why fortune-hunting women should not be contemptible too."
[H]e did not know of what use money could be to a woman, except to make her a prey to a fortune-hunter.
"The stock-exchange, the pulpit, the counting-house, the royal drawing-room, the senate,—what but fortune-hunters are they filled with?"
She pictured him as a crafty adventurer, a wretched fortune-hunter.
She had to do something to convince him that he could marry her even if she was a wealthy woman, Cherie decided. Why couldn’t the guy be a fortune-hunter? What was so wrong with that? Ha! She probably wouldn’t love him if he were. Life gets mighty complicated sometimes, she reflected wryly.
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Fortune-hunter means Alternative form of fortune hunter..
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"There is no character more contemptible than a man that is a fortune-hunter, and I can see no reason why fortune-hunting women should not be contemptible too."
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