gold digger

See also: golddigger

English

Etymology

Literal sense from 1830s, figurative sense (woman who seeks money in a relationship) from 1915, according to Online Etymology Dictionary.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡəʊld ˈdɪɡə(ɹ)/

Noun

gold digger (plural gold diggers)

Someone who digs or mines for gold.
(figuratively, derogatory) A person (usually female) who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain wealth.

Synonyms

(someone who cultivates a personal relationship for money): fortune hunter
See Thesaurus:hypergamist

Translations

someone who digs or mines for gold

Bulgarian: златотърсач m (zlatotǎrsač)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 淘金者 (zh) (táojīnzhě)
Danish: guldgraver (da) c
Finnish: kullankaivaja (fi)
French: chercheur d'or (fr)
German: Goldgräber (de) m

Greek: χρυσοθήρας (el) m (chrysothíras)
Hungarian: aranyásó (hu)
Italian: cercatore d'oro m
Polish: poszukiwacz złota m
Russian: золотоиска́тель (ru) m (zolotoiskátelʹ), стара́тель (ru) m (starátelʹ)
Spanish: excavador de oro, excavadora de oro f
Swedish: guldgrävare (sv) c

person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money and/or material goods, power

Chinese: 拜金女 f (bàijīn nǚ), 拜金男 m (bàijīn nán)
Danish: golddigger c
Finnish: onnenonkija
French: michetonneuse (fr) f
German: Abzockerbraut f (Slang)
Japanese: 金採掘者 (kin saikutsu-sha)
Lithuanian: barakuda f

Malay: pisau cukur ("razor blade", alluded by its purpose of shaving a man's facial hair)
Polish: naciągaczka (pl) f
Portuguese: interesseira f, interesseiro m
Russian: охо́тница за деньга́ми f (oxótnica za denʹgámi)
Serbo-Croatian: спонзоруша (sponzoruša)
Slovak: zlatokopka f
Spanish: chapiadora f, cazafortunas m or f

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