"gold bug" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gold bugs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gold bug (plural gold bugs)
  1. (informal, finance) A person with a particularly great enthusiasm for investing in gold (the metal). Tags: informal Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-gold_bug-en-noun-Do-gwbzb Topics: business, finance
  2. (informal, economics) A person who is opposed to fiat currency and supports a return to the gold standard. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Economics
    Sense id: en-gold_bug-en-noun-rYhn6Pl2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 80 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 76 13 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 78 10 Topics: economics, science, sciences
  3. (informal) A person who collects gold items. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Gold, People
    Sense id: en-gold_bug-en-noun-u1dQdC7R Disambiguation of People: 23 33 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: goldbug

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