goldbug
noun
a person, especially an economist or politician, who supports the gold standard.
gold bug
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a variation of
goldbug.
Example Sentences
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So I’ll continue to be a gold bug.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2025
Panning or sluicing for shiny flakes in a stream near Blewett Pass — or anywhere the gold bug takes you — can be rewarding in more ways than one.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2017
But try asking a gold bug at what price he would sell, and you are likely to get an answer somewhere between $6,000 and "never."
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2011
At the time, everyone knew someone who had gone broke betting on soybeans, or a gold bug who hoarded coins against catastrophe, he says.
From BusinessWeek ● Jul. 22, 2010
But like other better people before me, I had been bitten by the gold bug, and now was forced to take the consequences.
From The Tale of Three Lions by Henry Rider Haggard
