PROSPECTOR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Someone who explores an area for mineral deposits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("prospector" is a kind of...):

miner; mineworker (laborer who works in a mine)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prospector"):

sourdough (a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska))

Derivation:

prospect (explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals)