"prospector" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɹəˈspɛktə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɹɑsˌpɛktɚ/ [General-American] Forms: prospectors [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ) Etymology: prospect + -or Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|prospect|or}} prospect + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} prospector (plural prospectors)
  1. A person who explores or prospects an area in search of mineral deposits, such as gold. Wikipedia link: prospector Categories (topical): Gold, Occupations, People Translations (person): златотърсач (zlatotǎrsač) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 採礦者 (Chinese Mandarin), 采矿者 (cǎikuàngzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), 探礦者 (Chinese Mandarin), 探矿者 (tànkuàngzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), zlatokop (note: of gold) [masculine] (Czech), malminetsijä (Finnish), prospecteur [masculine] (French), prospectrice [feminine] (French), Prospektor [masculine] (German), Goldsucher (note: of gold) [masculine] (German), sirtheoir [masculine] (Irish), prospettore [masculine] (Italian), cercatore (Italian), 探鉱者 (tankōsha) (alt: たんこうしゃ) (Japanese), kaihaurapa (Maori), kairapurapu (Maori), skjerper [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), poszukiwacz [masculine] (Polish), garimpeiro [masculine] (Portuguese), стара́тель (starátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), золотоиска́тель (zolotoiskátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), геологоразве́дчик (geologorazvédčik) [masculine] (Russian), prospektor [common-gender] (Swedish), prospektör [common-gender] (Swedish), guldgrävare (note: of gold) [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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