welldigger
nounEtymology From well + digger.
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A person who digs a well.
- 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.1990, G. R. Madan, India's Developing Villages, page 16:
- For centuries, welldiggers had looked for groundwater and divined where to dig guided by instinct alone.2017, Orhan Pamuk, The Red-Haired Woman: A novel: