DCHP-3

gold-hunter

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a person who prospects for gold.

Quotations

1859
On Wednesday the Queen Charlotte gold-hunters to the number of about 100, went on board the Island Queen, at Kindler's Wharf, and dropped down near the mouth of the harbor.
1924
. . . on the bunks in the living room of the post sat . . . the three gold hunters from Prospect. . . .