Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
fortune hunting en · NOUN
Meanings
-
(uncountable) The act of seeking wealth without working to earn it, especially in an unscrupulous way such as through marriage.
No doubt the fellow was very useful to her. But you could have knocked us all down with a feather when, three months ago, she suddenly announced that she and Alfred were engaged! The fellow must be at least twenty years younger than she is! It’s simply bare-faced fortune hunting; but there you are—she is her own mistress, and she’s married him.
1920 October, Agatha Christie, “I Go to Styles”, in The Mysterious Affair at Styles […], New York, N.Y.; London: Grosset & Dunlap, published March 1927, page 12: