Prospector (Noun)
Meaning
Someone who explores an area for mineral deposits.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The prospector spent years searching for gold in the remote wilderness of Alaska.
- A lone prospector stumbled upon a large diamond deposit in the Australian outback.
- The prospector's pickaxe struck something hard, and he knew he had found what he was looking for.
- As a seasoned prospector, Jack had developed a keen eye for spotting mineral deposits.
- The prospector's claim was rich in copper, and soon a mining operation was set up to extract the valuable resource.