Definitions for fortune-hunter

fortune-hunter fortune hunter

Fortune-Hunter is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 442 anagrams from letters in fortune-hunter (-eefhnnorrttuu).

Definitions for fortune-hunter

noun

  1. a person who hopes to prosper, especially through marriage to someone of wealth.

Origin of fortune-hunter

First recorded in 1680-90

Examples for fortune-hunter

There is nothing in the world more despicable than a fortune-hunter!

Too late Mrs. Newton had learned that she had wedded a fortune-hunter.

But that would be encouraging his son to be a fortune-hunter!

But who ever heard the opprobrious term 'fortune-hunter' given to a woman?

I a victim—I the prey of a fortune-hunter, or the slave of a brute!

The mans a scoundrel; hes nothing better than a fortune-hunter.

You can bear witness that I was not a fortune-hunter, said Philip, laughing.

"A fortune-hunter," he murmured, with a meaning glance at Hall.

They called her an amorous widow, and Piozzi a fortune-hunter.

I tell you he is corrupt to the core of his heart—a spendthrift and a fortune-hunter!

Word Value for fortune-hunter
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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