单词 | goldfielder |
释义 | goldfieldern. Originally and chiefly Australian. Now rare (chiefly historical). A person who works or lives on a goldfield; a gold miner. ΘΚΠ 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 1898 Coolgardie (W. Austral.) Miner 19 Apr. 4/4 The ordinary goldfielder knows less about his fellow-colonist of Bunbury or the Vasse than he does about the hay farmers of Lincolnshire. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 28 Jan. 9/1 All the goldfielders were not mere adventurers. 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 20 Sept. 9/2 Goldfielders swept Westralia into the Commonwealth. 1976 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 24 Oct. 16/4 The police know they will never stop goldfielders playing swy. 1991 M. Webb in P. O'Brien & M. Webb Executive State i. 50 The new culture, recently arrived with the goldfielders, represented not so much the workers but anti-authoritarian forces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1898 |
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