Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dollarchaser

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dol-lar-chas-er
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who fervently pursues money or wealth.

Dated

Example Sentences

"In our day and generation, when the world is afflicted with so many mountebanks, dollarchasers, and society worshippers in the pupit - Rev. Young Sprouts who are more concerned with the cut of their coat."
"No! No! - she had stopped caring for him - if she ever had cared - because he was unworthy of her, he, the mere dollarchaser."
"I hope I shall not seem to be an "American dollarchaser" in thinking that this financial showing, remarkable in such a period as we are passing through, is evidence of something infinitely more important in spiritual values and in moral power."

Etymology

From dollar + chaser.

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

dollarchasers (plural)

Questions

What does dollarchaser mean?: Someone who fervently pursues money or wealth.
Where does dollarchaser come from?: From dollar + chaser.

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