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detectorists

detectorists is the plural of detectorist.

Meaning of detectorist

Noun

detectorist (plural detectorists)

  1. A person whose hobby is the use of a metal detector to search for buried coins, etc.
    • Detectorists may also carry headphones, a metal detecting shovel, hand tools such as a hori-hori (a serrated, steel hand shovel), a “finds pouch,” and a hand-held precision detector called a pinpointer.2021 May 31, Alexandra Marvar, “The New Detectorists”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Phrases with detectorists

Questions about detectorists

What is detectorists the plural of?
Detectorists is the plural of detectorist.

Words near detectorists in the dictionary

  1. detector van
  2. detector vans
  3. detectoring
  4. detectorism
  5. detectorist
  6. detectorists
  7. detectorless
  8. detectors
  9. detects
  10. detelecine
  11. detelecined

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