gold minern.
/ˈɡəʊl(d) ˌmʌɪnə/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊl(d) ˌmaɪnər/ A person who works in a gold mine; a person who digs or prospects for gold.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > one who mines metals > goldminer
gold miner1717
river digger1806
gold-digger1826
gold worker1848
digger1853
reefer1859
goldfielder1898
placer1921
1717 tr. A. F. Frézier Voy. South-Sea ii. 108 It is more rare to see a Gold Miner [Fr. Mineur d'or] rich than a Silver Miner.
1825 Morning Post 11 May The Chinese gold miners had risen in insurrection against the Dutch.
1860 H. Greeley Overland Journey 142 Experienced gold-miners from Georgia, California, and even Australia.
1934 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Jan. 2/3 The Lydenburg gold-miners (mostly British), and the Boers of that district also, were contemptuous of Pretoria.
1960 G. Blainey Mines in Spinifex viii. 70 He wrote a letter..to an uncle who was a gold miner in Victoria.
2001 W. Allen Green Phoenix x. 142 They all think they are on the frontier somewhere and are going to make it big—just like the gold miners in Corcovado.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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