fortunehunter

It was Saring who would benefit -- an actor without a stage, a young man without an occupation, a fortunehunter, in short, whose marriage was being opposed with what must have seemed to him particularly galling baselessness; for once the old man's mind was suspect, his opposition to his daughter's marriage would be suspect, too.

Adventure of the Frightened Baronet Derleth, August 1945

"There's a sort of tendency in society," said Peter, "to look upon the poor man who seeks the hand of a rich woman as a fortunehunter."

The Cardinal's Snuff-Box Henry Harland 1883