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Webster 1913 Edition

Prospector

Pros′pect-or

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Noun.

[L., one who looks out.]

One who prospects; especially, one who explores a region for minerals and precious metals.

Definition 2024

prospector

prospector

English

Noun

prospector ‎(plural prospectors)

A person who explores or prospects an area in search of mineral deposits, such as gold.

Translations

person

Chinese:
Mandarin: 採礦者, 采矿者 ‎(cǎikuàngzhě), 探礦者 (zh), 探矿者 (zh) ‎(tànkuàngzhě)
Corsican: 喔地考察看到了实力的ko
Czech: zlatokop m (of gold)
Finnish: malminetsijä
French: prospecteur (fr) m, prospectrice (fr) f

German: Goldsucher (de) m, Prospektor m
Irish: sirtheoir m
Italian: prospettore (it) m, cercatore (it)
Japanese: 探鉱者 ‎(たんこうしゃ, tankōsha)
Maori: kaihaurapa
Polish: poszukiwacz (pl) m
Russian: стара́тель (ru) m ‎(starátelʹ), золотоиска́тель (ru) m ‎(zolotoiskátelʹ), геологоразве́дчик (ru) m ‎(geologorazvédčik)

Latin

Verb

prospector

first-person singular present passive indicative of prospectō

References

prospector in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “prospector”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
prospector in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016