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prospector Definition

pros·pec·tor (präspek′tər)

noun

a person who prospects for valuable ores, oil, etc.

Etymology: LL, one who looks out

prospector Usage Examples

Possessives

  • tent: Several attempts at steaming wood on a woodburning stove in the prospector's tent at minus 20 degrees C.

Converse of object

  • become: After Major John Bullis sacked him as chief of scouts at San Carlos in December, 1890, Sieber became a prospector.
  • do: Even before they do, domain name prospectors are sifting through them to find the gold domains among.. .

Adjective modifier

  • gold: Terry has bought a £ 9 license allowing him to be a gold prospector for two years.
  • old: An old prospector will judge from six ounces of stuff within a few pennyweights what will be the yield of a ton.
  • experienced: Iraq has the world's second-richest oil deposits, waiting for experienced prospectors to tap them.
  • early: The geology map shows the Arley seam outcropping all along this ridge, which would be very attractive to early prospectors.
  • amateur: One of two UFOs flying at low altitude settled to the ground near an amateur prospector in a remote area of Canada.
  • illegal: Illegal prospectors in Brazil have used mercury to pan off gold for at least fifteen years.

Noun used with modifier

  • gold: This site was originally chosen by the first gold prospectors who arrived in the region.
  • oil: Jungle Holocaust A group of oil prospectors have a rough landing in their base camp on the Malaysian island of Mindanao.
  • mining: Mining prospectors followed up the discovery and found both silver and cobalt in the ores.
  • domain: Even before they do, domain name prospectors are sifting through them to find the gold domains among.. .
  • name: Even before they do, domain name prospectors are sifting through them to find the gold domains among.. .

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