goldfieldern.
/ˈɡəʊldfiːldə/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊldˌfildər/, Australian English /ˈɡoʊldˌfiːldər/ Originally and chiefly Australian. Now rare (chiefly historical).
A person who works or lives on a goldfield; a gold miner.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > one who mines metals > goldminer
gold miner1717
river digger1806
gold-digger1826
gold worker1848
digger1853
reefer1859
goldfielder1898
placer1921
1898 Coolgardie (W. Austral.) Miner 19 Apr. 4/4 The ordinary goldfielder knows less about his fellow-colonist of Bunbury or the Vasse than he does about the hay farmers of Lincolnshire.
1903 Westm. Gaz. 28 Jan. 9/1 All the goldfielders were not mere adventurers.
1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 20 Sept. 9/2 Goldfielders swept Westralia into the Commonwealth.
1976 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 24 Oct. 16/4 The police know they will never stop goldfielders playing swy.
1991 M. Webb in P. O'Brien & M. Webb Executive State i. 50 The new culture, recently arrived with the goldfielders, represented not so much the workers but anti-authoritarian forces.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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