gold digger

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• /ɡəʊld ˈdɪɡə(ɹ)/
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Literal sense is from c. the 1830s; the figurative sense (a woman who seeks money in a relationship) is from 1915.

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: златотърсач (zlatotǎrsač) — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Chinese Mandarin: 淘金者 (táojīnzhě) — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Danish: guldgraver — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Dutch: goudzoeker — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Dutch: gouddelver — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Esperanto: orserĉisto — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Esperanto: orfosisto — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Estonian: kullakaevur — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Finnish: kullankaivaja — someone who digs or mines for gold
• French: chercheur d'or — someone who digs or mines for gold
• German: Goldgräber — someone who digs or mines for gold
• German: Goldgräberin — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Greek: χρυσοθήρας (chrysothíras) — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Hungarian: aranyásó — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Italian: cercatore d'oro — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Japanese: 金採掘者 (kin saikutsu-sha) — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Malay: penggali emas — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Malay: pengorek emas — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Norwegian Bokmål: gullgraver — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gullgravar — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Polish: poszukiwacz złota — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Portuguese: garimpeiro — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Russian: золотоиска́тель (zolotoiskátelʹ) — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Russian: стара́тель (starátelʹ) — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Spanish: excavador de oro — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Spanish: excavadora de oro — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Swedish: guldgrävare — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Ottoman Turkish: آلتونجی (altıncı) — someone who digs or mines for gold
• Bulgarian: златотърсач (zlatotǎrsač) — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Bulgarian: златотърсачка (zlatotǎrsačka) — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Chinese Mandarin: 拜金女 (bàijīn nǚ) — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Chinese Mandarin: 拜金男 (bàijīn nán) — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Czech: zlatokopka — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Danish: golddigger — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Dutch: geldwolf — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Estonian: õnnekütt — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Estonian: harakas — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Estonian: aferist — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Estonian: lipitseja — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Estonian: kiibitseja — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Estonian: kullakaevur — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Finnish: onnenonkija — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• French: michetonneuse — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• French: michto — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• French: croqueuse de diamants — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• German: Abzockerbraut — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Japanese: 金魚の糞 (kingyo no fun) — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Korean: 꽃뱀 (kkotbaem) — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Latin: poscinummius — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Lithuanian: barakuda — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Macedonian: спонзо́рџика (sponzórdžika) — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Malay: pisau cukur — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Polish: naciągaczka — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Portuguese: interesseiro — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Portuguese: caça-dotes — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Russian: охо́тница за деньга́ми (oxótnica za denʹgámi) — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Russian: авантюристка (avantjuristka) — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Serbo-Croatian: sponzòruša /спонзо̀руша — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Slovak: zlatokopka — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Spanish: chapiadora — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Spanish: cazafortunas — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Spanish: cafiche — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Spanish: trepador — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Swedish: lycksökerska — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Swedish: lycksökare — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power
• Vietnamese: người đào mỏ — person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain money or material goods, power