| 单词 | legacy hunter |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslegacy hunter legacy hunter n. [originally after classical Latin hērēdipeta (see heredipety n.)] a person who is attentive to wealthy or elderly people in the hope of obtaining a legacy. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer > of rich old persons legacy monger1647 legacy hunter1693 1693 T. Power in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xii. Argt. 240 He Exercises his Satyrical Vein upon the Hæredipetæ, or Legacy-Hunters. 1747 London Mag. Jan. 31/1 Crafty and designing Persons, very properly call'd Legacy-Hunters. 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 286 Her decline was rapid, and her latter days much tormented by legacy-hunters. 1904 S. Dill Rom. Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius 156 It is a curious sign of the times that this great advocate, who already possessed an enormous fortune, was a legacy-hunter of the meanest sort. 2003 L. Watson & P. Watson in Martial Select Epigrams Introd. 7 He portrays himself as preyed upon by a legacy hunter whom he encourages to keep giving him gifts. < as lemmas |
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