welldigger

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English

Etymology

From well +‎ digger.

Noun

welldigger (plural welldiggers)

  1. A person who digs a well.
    • 1990, G. R. Madan, India's Developing Villages, page 16:
      Some of them are indispensable such as blacksmith, carpenter, barber, shoemaker, potter, washerman, village messenger, etc. while others assist him indirectly, like bricklayers, welldiggers, masons, teachers, weavers, traders, oilmen, agricultural labourers and scavengers.
    • 2017, Orhan Pamuk, The Red-Haired Woman: A novel:
      For centuries, welldiggers had looked for groundwater and divined where to dig guided by instinct alone.

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