Prospector

//pɹəˈspɛktə//

Synonyms for "prospector" (2 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Related words (1)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

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capable of

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derived

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derived from

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is a

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related to

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Translations

24 translations across 15 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • златотърсач noun (person)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 採礦者 /采矿者 noun (person)
  • 探礦者 /探矿者 noun (person)

Czech

1 entries
  • zlatokop noun (person)

Finnish

1 entries
  • malminetsijä noun (person)

French

2 entries
  • prospecteur noun (person)
  • prospectrice noun (person)

German

2 entries
  • Goldsucher noun (person)
  • Prospektor noun (person)

Irish

1 entries
  • sirtheoir noun (person)

Italian

2 entries
  • cercatore noun (person)
  • prospettore noun (person)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 探鉱者 noun (person)

Māori

2 entries
  • kaihaurapa noun (person)
  • kairapurapu noun (person)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • skjerper noun (person)

Polish

1 entries
  • poszukiwacz noun (person)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • garimpeiro noun (person)

Russian

3 entries
  • геологоразве́дчик noun (person)
  • золотоиска́тель noun (person)
  • стара́тель noun (person)

Swedish

3 entries
  • guldgrävare noun (person)
  • prospektor noun (person)
  • prospektör noun (person)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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Tom is a prospector.

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Tom is a gold prospector.

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I know that Tom's grandfather was a gold prospector.

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I know Tom's grandfather was a gold prospector.

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