| 单词 | fortunehunter |
| 释义 | > see alsoalso refers to : fortune-huntern. > as lemmasfortune-hunter b. figurative and gen. One who hunts or searches eagerly for something; a seeker. (Most frequently in combination, as fortune-hunter, place-hunter.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > searcher or seeker seekerc1330 hunterc1374 searchera1382 explorator1583 questa1616 questanta1616 ferret1629 quester1629 perquisitor1656 questor1887 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Add. MS.) i. pr. iii. 12 We scorne swiche rauiners and honters [Camb. MS. henters] of foulest[e] þinges. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. AAiiii The hunter of mannes soule. 1542 H. Brinkelow Lamentacion sig. Aviii Whorehunters and robbers of glorie. 1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1815) VIII. 52 They are the duke of Bedford's natural hunters; and he is their natural game. 1811 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. v. 157 Are you a good motto hunter? < see also as lemmas |
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