Meanings
noungold digger (plural gold diggers)
plural gold diggers · alternative gold-digger · alternative golddigger
- derogatoryfigurativelyA person, especially a woman, who cultivates a personal relationship with someone in order to attain wealth.
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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.
2009, Rajen Persaud, Why Black Men Love White Women, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 189Synonyms: fortune hunter
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone who digs or mines for gold.
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nounA person, especially a woman, who cultivates a personal relationship with someone in order to attain wealth.
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nouna miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field
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Origin
Literal sense is from c. the 1830s; the figurative sense (a woman who seeks money in a relationship) is from 1915.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian златотърсач, златотърсач
- златотърсач (zlatotărsač)someone who digs or mines for gold
- златотърсач (zlatotărsač)person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
- златотърсачка (zlatotărsačka)person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
Chinese Mandarin 淘金者, 拜金女
- 淘金者 (táojīnzhě)someone who digs or mines for gold
- 拜金女 (bàijīn nǚ)person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
- 拜金男 (bàijīn nán)person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
Czech zlatokopka
- zlatokopkaperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
Danish guldgraver, golddigger
- guldgraversomeone who digs or mines for gold
- golddiggerperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
Dutch goudzoeker, gouddelver
- goudzoekersomeone who digs or mines for gold
- gouddelversomeone who digs or mines for gold
- geldwolfperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
Esperanto orserĉisto, orfosisto
- orserĉistosomeone who digs or mines for gold
- orfosistosomeone who digs or mines for gold
Estonian kullakaevur, õnnekütt
- kullakaevursomeone who digs or mines for gold
- õnneküttperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
- harakasperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
- aferistperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
- lipitsejaperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
- kiibitsejaperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
- kullakaevurperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
Finnish kullankaivaja, onnenonkija
- kullankaivajasomeone who digs or mines for gold
- onnenonkijaperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
French chercheur d'or, michetonneuse
- chercheur d'orsomeone who digs or mines for gold
- michetonneuseperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
- michtoperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
- croqueuse de diamantsperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
German Goldgräber, Goldgräberin
- Goldgräbersomeone who digs or mines for gold
- Goldgräberinsomeone who digs or mines for gold
- Abzockerbrautperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
Greek χρυσοθήρας
- χρυσοθήρας (chrysothíras)someone who digs or mines for gold
Hungarian aranyásó, hozományvadász
- aranyásósomeone who digs or mines for gold
- hozományvadászperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
Italian cercatore d'oro
- cercatore d'orosomeone who digs or mines for gold
Japanese 金採掘者, 金魚の糞
- 金採掘者 (kin saikutsu-sha)someone who digs or mines for gold
- 金魚の糞 (kingyo no fun)person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
Korean 꽃뱀
- 꽃뱀 (kkotbaem)person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
Latin poscinummius
- poscinummiusperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
Lithuanian barakuda
- barakudaperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
Malay penggali emas, pengorek emas
- penggali emassomeone who digs or mines for gold
- pengorek emassomeone who digs or mines for gold
- pisau cukurperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
Norwegian Bokmål gullgraver
- gullgraversomeone who digs or mines for gold
Polish poszukiwacz złota, naciągaczka
- poszukiwacz złotasomeone who digs or mines for gold
- naciągaczkaperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
Portuguese garimpeiro, interesseiro
- garimpeirosomeone who digs or mines for gold
- interesseiroperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
- caça-dotesperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
Russian золотоиска́тель, стара́тель
- золотоиска́тель (zolotoiskátelʹ)someone who digs or mines for gold
- стара́тель (starátelʹ)someone who digs or mines for gold
- охо́тница за деньга́ми (oxótnica za denʹgámi)person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
- авантюристка (avantjuristka)person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
Slovak zlatokopka
- zlatokopkaperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
Spanish excavador de oro, excavadora de oro
- excavador de orosomeone who digs or mines for gold
- excavadora de orosomeone who digs or mines for gold
- chapiadoraperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
- cazafortunasperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
- caficheperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
- trepadorperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
Swedish guldgrävare, lycksökerska
- guldgrävaresomeone who digs or mines for gold
- lycksökerskaperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
- lycksökareperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
Vietnamese người đào mỏ
- người đào mỏperson who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
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