gold digger

See also: golddigger

English

Etymology

gold +‎ digger. 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)

1. Someone who digs or mines for gold.
2. (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
• French: michetonneuse (fr) f
• German: Abzockerbraut f (Slang)
• Finnish: onnenonkija
• Lithuanian: barakuda f

• Malay: pisau cukur ("razor blade", alluded by its purpose of shaving a man's facial hair)
• Polish: naciągaczka (pl) f
• Serbo-Croatian: спонзоруша ‎(sponzoruša)
• Slovak: zlatokopka f
• Spanish: chapiadora f