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orpailleurs

orpailleurs is the plural of orpailleur.

Meaning of orpailleur

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

Questions about orpailleurs

What is orpailleurs the plural of?
Orpailleurs is the plural of orpailleur.

Words near orpailleurs in the dictionary

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

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