Usually means: Seeker of minerals, gold, resources.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word prospector:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. prospector: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. prospector: Merriam-Webster
  3. prospector: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. prospector: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. prospector: Collins English Dictionary
  6. prospector: Vocabulary.com
  7. Prospector, prospector: Wordnik
  8. prospector: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. prospector: Wiktionary
  10. prospector: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. Prospector, prospector: Dictionary.com
  12. prospector: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Prospector (library catalog), Prospector (passenger train), Prospector (spacecraft), Prospector (train), Prospector, The Prospector (train): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Prospector: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. prospector: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. prospector: Rhymezone
  17. Prospector: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. prospector: FreeDictionary.org
  19. prospector: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. prospector: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Prospector: Management Dictionary
  2. prospector: Legal dictionary
  3. prospector: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. prospector: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. prospector: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See prospectors as well.)

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noun:  A person who explores or prospects an area in search of mineral deposits, such as gold.

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