goldminer

[ gohld-mahy-ner ]

noun

a person who mines gold or works in a gold mine.

Origin of goldminer

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First recorded in 1850–55; gold + miner

Words Nearby goldminer

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How to use goldminer in a sentence

We climbed a little narrow track up a mountain, in a light buggy that a goldminer lent us.
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At a little place called Reinov a goldminer asked me to see his sick wife.
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