detectorist
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person whose hobby is the use of a metal detector to search for buried coins, etc.
Example Sentences
- "Detectorists may also carry headphones, a metal detecting shovel, hand tools such as a hori-hori (a serrated, steel hand shovel), a “finds pouch,” and a hand-held precision detector called a pinpointer."
- "When Kevin Minto, a lorry driver, former soldier and keen metal detectorist, came upon something glinting in a Somerset field, he thought at first it was a coin – potentially quite interesting, probably not amazing."
Etymology
Etymology tree English detector Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English detectorist From detector + -ist.