gainseeker

English

Etymology

From gain +‎ seeker.

Noun

gainseeker (plural gainseekers)

  1. A greedy person; one who seeks wealth or other personal benefit.
    • 1908 January 4, John Muir, “The Hetch Hetchy Valley”, in Sierra Club Bulletin‎[1], volume VI, number 4:
      Nevertheless, like everything else worth while, however sacred and precious and well-guarded, they have always been subject to attack, mostly by despoiling gainseekers, -- mischief-makers of every degree from Satan to supervisors, lumbermen, cattlemen, farmers, etc., eagerly trying to make everything dollarable, often thinly disguised in smiling philanthropy, calling pocket-filling plunder "Utilization of beneficent natural resources, that man and beast may be fed and the dear Nation grow great."
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