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placer

6 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) placer (noun)
  2. 2) placer (noun)
  3. placer mining (noun)
  4. dry placer (noun)
  5. free placer (noun)
  6. residual placer (noun)

1plac·er

noun \ˈplā-sər\

Definition of PLACER

: one that places: as a : one that deposits or arranges b : one of the winners in a competition

First Known Use of PLACER

1579

Rhymes with PLACER

bracer, chaser, facer, pacer, racer, spacer, tracer

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