orpailleur

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noun

gold prospector, gold panner

OriginFrench orpailleur →
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Meanings

nounorpailleur (plural orpailleurs)

plural orpailleurs

  1. gold prospector, gold panner

    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.

    2006, Minerals Yearbook, volume 3, page 1962

Origin

  1. Frenchorpailleur
  2. Frenchorpailleur
  3. Englishorpailleur

Borrowed from French orpailleur.

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APA

orpailleur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orpailleur

MLA

“orpailleur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orpailleur. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “orpailleur,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orpailleur.

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