orpailleur
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French orpailleur.
Noun
editorpailleur (plural orpailleurs)
- gold prospector, gold panner
- 2006, Minerals Yearbook, volume 3, page 1962:
- 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.
French
editEtymology
editProbably an alteration of Middle French harpailleur, by assimilation with or (“gold”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editorpailleur m (plural orpailleurs)
- gold prospector, gold panner, one who pans for gold
Further reading
edit- “orpailleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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