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orpailleur

orpailleur noun: gold prospector, gold panner.

Noun

orpailleur (plural orpailleurs)

  1. gold prospector, gold panner
    • In early 2007, a large migration of workers, triggered by the discovery of placer gold made by an orpailleur, started a new gold rush at the Moralia gold placer in Kenieba.2006, Minerals Yearbook, volume 3, page 1962

Forms of orpailleur

pluralorpailleurs

Origin of orpailleur

Borrowed from French orpailleur.

Questions about orpailleur

What does orpailleur mean?
Orpailleur means gold prospector, gold panner.
What part of speech is orpailleur?
Orpailleur is a noun.
What is the plural of orpailleur?
The plural of orpailleur is orpailleurs.

Words near orpailleur in the dictionary

  1. oroyas
  2. Orozco
  3. Orozcos
  4. orp
  5. Orpah
  6. orpailleur
  7. orpailleurs
  8. orped
  9. orpedly
  10. orpeko
  11. orphaline

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