Meanings
plural welldiggers
- A person who digs a well.
For centuries, welldiggers had looked for groundwater and divined where to dig guided by instinct alone.
2017, Orhan Pamuk, The Red-Haired Woman: A novel1 more example
Some of them are indispensable such as blacksmith, carpenter, barber, shoemaker, potter, washerman, village messenger, etc. while others assist him indirectly, like bricklayers, welldiggers, masons, teachers, weavers, traders, oilmen, agricultural labourers and scavengers.
1990, G. R. Madan, India's Developing Villages, page 16
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Translations
Catalan pouaire, pouater
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Dutch puttengraver
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Finnish kaivonkaivaja
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French puisatier
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German Brunnenbauer
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Persian مقنی, کاریزکن
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Polish kopacz studni, studniarz
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Romanian fântânar
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Spanish pocero
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Turkish kuyucu
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welldigger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/welldigger
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