placers

Noun (1)

placer (plural placers)

1. One who places or arranges something.
   • Thou placer of plants both humble and tall1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Februarie. Ægloga Secunda.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC
2. (slang) One who deals in stolen goods; a fence.

   Synonyms:

   fence, receiver

3. (in-compounds) A horse, etc. that finishes in a particular place in a race.
   • a third-placer

Noun (2)

placer (plural placers)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, ethology, sheep) A lamb whose mother has died and which has transferred its attachment to an object, such as a bush or rock, in the locality.
   • This is a “placer” sheep, as it is called. The prerequisites to this condition are that the young sheep must be still nursing, but must have begun to nibble grass. It must be the young of a mother that has been somewhat isolated, away from the corral and away from the herd, by herself out on the...1951, Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, Problems of Infancy and Childhood, volume 4, page 101

Noun (3)

placer (plural placers)

1. A place where the superficial detritus is washed for gold, etc.
2. (broadly) Any place holding treasures.

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