placer

Meanings

Noun

• One who places or arranges something.
• One who deals in stolen goods; a fence.
• A lamb whose mother has died and which has transferred its attachment to an object, such as a bush or rock, in the locality.
• A place where the superficial detritus is washed for gold, etc.
• Any place holding treasures.

Adjective

• alluvial; occurring in a deposit of sand or earth on a river-bed or bank, particularly with reference to precious metals such as gold or silver

Related

Similar words

• fence, receiver

Origin

• From place + -er.
• From place + -er.
• From American Spanish placer, from earlier placel, apparently from obsolete Portuguese placel.