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},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "one who digs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "delfere"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one who digs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kopacz"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "one who digs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "săpător"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kopátelʹ",
"sense": "one who digs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "копа́тель"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zemlekóp",
"sense": "one who digs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "землеко́п"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kopálʹščik",
"sense": "one who digs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "копа́льщик"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "grabárʹ",
"sense": "one who digs",
"tags": [
"dated",
"dialectal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "граба́рь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "grábarʹ",
"sense": "one who digs",
"tags": [
"dated",
"dialectal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "гра́барь"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "one who digs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kopáč"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "one who digs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kopač"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kopáč",
"sense": "one who digs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "копа́ч"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zemlekóp",
"sense": "one who digs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "землеко́п"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hrabár",
"sense": "one who digs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "граба́р"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hrábar",
"sense": "one who digs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гра́бар"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kopálʹnyk",
"sense": "one who digs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "копа́льник"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "greber",
"sense": "one who digs",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "גרעבער"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"digger"
],
"word": "digger"
}
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