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Noun

prospector (plural prospectors)

• A person who explores or prospects an area in search of mineral deposits, such as gold.
  • ✤ A large number of prospectors have crossed over the divide to the British head waters of the Yukon, in search of the rich diggings found by a lucky few last year.¹
  • ✤ The south polar region of Promethei Planum developed a Bermuda Triangle reputation. Satellites detected intermittent mass concentrations and magnetic field shifts. In 2148, prospectors working near Deseado Crater discovered an underground complex: a Prothean observation post. The odd phenomena were generated by the operation and discharge of a mass effect core, struggling to function despite fifty millennia of neglect.²

Etymology

From prospect + -or.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pɹəˈspɛktə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)
• (General American) IPA: /ˈpɹɑsˌpɛktɚ/
• Audio (US): 🔊
• Hyphenation: pros‧pec‧tor

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Footnotes

1. 1886 June 9, “Geographical Notes”, in Science, volume VIII, number 179, New York: The Science Company, page 27: ↩

2. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Protheans: Mars Ruins Codex entry: ↩

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