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PLACER MINER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does placer miner mean?
• PLACER MINER (noun)
The noun PLACER MINER has 1 sense:
1. a miner who extracts minerals from a placer by washing or dredging
Familiarity information: PLACER MINER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A miner who extracts minerals from a placer by washing or dredging
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("placer miner" is a kind of...):
miner; mineworker (laborer who works in a mine)
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