goldminer

American  

[gohld-mahy-ner] / ˈgoʊldˌmaɪ nər /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of goldminer

First recorded in 1850–55; gold + miner

Example Sentences

One stop could be Nederland’s antediluvian Goldminer Hotel, listed in the Registrar of Historic Places.

From New York Times

“When I was nine my family split up,” he revealed, claiming that his father “was an electrician, an itinerant kind of a goldminer, something like that ... I’ve only heard from him once in 20 or 30 years.”

From The Guardian

“He’s our hope for improvement,” said Martins Tavares, 33, a goldminer who said he and virtually all of his colleagues backed Bolsonaro, believing his promises to open up the Amazon would help them feed their families.

From The Guardian

In March 2017, the country's largest goldminer, London-listed Acacia Ltd, was accused of flouting the ban.

From BBC

A ski patroller named Jim Shane built the Goldminer’s Daughter on the site of a 19th-century mining-era saloon after noticing that the mountain had only one public warming hut, the basic Watson Shelter.

From Washington Post