gold-digger
📖 Definitions
noun
One who forms a romantic relationship with a rich person for money.
💬 Usage Examples
“Dear Coleen, I’m a divorced woman in my 50s with two grown-up children, who don’t live at home. Before the first lockdown, I met a man I really fell for, although at 39 he’s a lot younger than I am. “He moved in with me in the summer and we get on really well -- he’s made this whole horrible pandemic much easier and I’m enjoying having him around. “However, my kids and other members of my family have been negative about it. My daughter called him a gold-digger and my son refuses to have anything to do with him.” Getting Stick for Seeing Younger Man; Daily Record (Glasgow, UK); Jan 19, 2021.