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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:gold diggerWikipedia

Alternative forms

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• gold-digger, golddigger

Etymology

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Literal sense from c. the 1830s; figurative sense (woman who seeks money in a relationship) from 1915.[1]

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ɡəʊld ˈdɪɡə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

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gold digger (plural gold diggers)

1. (literally) Someone who digs or mines for gold. Synonym: gold miner
2. (figuratively, derogatory) A person, especially a woman, who cultivates a personal relationship with someone in order to attain wealth. Synonym: fortune hunter Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:hypergamist Coordinate terms: fame digger, fame whore (sometimes coinstantial)
   • 2009, Rajen Persaud, Why Black Men Love White Women, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 189:If she sends her son for the money she is a gold digger, and if she sends her daughter, she is a gold digger teaching her daughter how to be a gold digger—two offenses for the price of one. Whether it is the misinterpretation of the hustle, recognizing the game, or asking for legitimate funds for child care, the black woman is often seen as a gold digger.

Derived terms

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• gold-dig (verb)

Translations

[edit] someone who digs or mines for gold

Bulgarian: златотърсач m (zlatotǎrsač) Chinese: Mandarin: 淘金者 (zh) (táojīnzhě) Danish: guldgraver (da) c Dutch: goudzoeker (nl) m, gouddelver (nl) m Esperanto: orserĉisto, orfosisto Estonian: kullakaevur Finnish: kullankaivaja (fi) French: chercheur d'or (fr) German: Goldgräber (de) m, Goldgräberin (de) f Greek: χρυσοθήρας (el) m (chrysothíras) Hungarian: aranyásó (hu) Italian: cercatore d'oro m Japanese: 金採掘者 (kin saikutsu-sha) Malay: penggali emas, pengorek emas Norwegian: Bokmål: gullgraver m Nynorsk: gullgravar m Polish: poszukiwacz złota m Portuguese: garimpeiro (pt) Russian: золотоиска́тель (ru) m (zolotoiskátelʹ), стара́тель (ru) m (starátelʹ) Spanish: excavador de oro, excavadora de oro f Swedish: guldgrävare (sv) c Turkish: Ottoman Turkish: آلتونجی (altıncı)

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

Bulgarian: златотърсач m (zlatotǎrsač), златотърсачка f (zlatotǎrsačka) Chinese: Mandarin: (female) 拜金女 (zh) (bàijīn nǚ), (male) 拜金男 (zh) (bàijīn nán) Czech: zlatokopka (cs) f Danish: golddigger c Dutch: geldwolf (nl) m Estonian: õnnekütt, harakas (et), aferist (et), lipitseja, kiibitseja, kullakaevur Finnish: onnenonkija French: michetonneuse (fr) f, michto (fr) (slang), croqueuse de diamants (fr) f German: Abzockerbraut f (Slang) Japanese: 金魚の糞 (きんぎょのふん, kingyo no fun) Korean: 꽃뱀 (ko) f (kkotbaem) Latin: poscinummius Lithuanian: barakuda f Macedonian: спонзо́рџика f (sponzórdžika) Malay: pisau cukur ("razor blade", alluded by its purpose of shaving a man's facial hair) Polish: naciągaczka (pl) f Portuguese: interesseiro (pt) m, caça-dotes m or f Russian: охо́тница за деньга́ми f (oxótnica za denʹgámi), авантюристка (ru) (avantjuristka) Serbo-Croatian: спонзоруша (sponzoruša) Slovak: zlatokopka f Spanish: chapiadora f, cazafortunas m or f, cafiche (es) m or f, trepador (es) m Swedish: lycksökerska (sv), lycksökare (sv) Vietnamese: người đào mỏ m or f

References

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1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “gold-digger”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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