PROSPECTOR
Dictionary entry overview: What does prospector mean? • PROSPECTOR (noun)
The noun PROSPECTOR has 1 sense:
1. someone who explores an area for mineral deposits
Familiarity information: PROSPECTOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PROSPECTOR (noun)
Meaning:
Someone who explores an area for mineral deposits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("prospector" is a kind of...):
miner; mineworker (laborer who works in a mine)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prospector"):
sourdough (a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska))
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