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Definition 2024

gold-digger

gold digger

See also: golddigger

English

Noun

gold digger ‎(plural gold diggers)

Someone who digs or mines for gold.
(idiomatic, pejorative) 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

Translations

someone who digs or mines for gold

Bulgarian: златотърсач m ‎(zlatotǎrsač)
Danish: guldgraver (da) c
Finnish: kullankaivaja (fi)
French: chercheur d'or
German: Goldgräber (de) m
Greek: χρυσοθήρας (el) m ‎(chrysothíras)

Hungarian: aranyásó (hu)
Italian: cercatore d'oro m
Polish: poszukiwacz złota m
Russian: золотоискатель (ru) m ‎(zolotoiskatelʹ)
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

Danish: golddigger c
German: Abzockerbraut f (Slang)
Finnish: onnenonkija (literally "luck angler")
Lithuanian: barakuda f
Malay: pisau cukur ("razor blade", alluded by its purpose of shaving a man's facial hair)

Polish: naciągaczka f
Serbo-Croatian: спонзоруша ‎(sponzoruša)
Slovak: zlatokopka f
Spanish: chapiadora f

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