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noun

prospector

gen. prospectōris · gender masculine · decl. 3rd
one who looks out
Lit., one who looks out: sicut prospector videns casum proximi sui, Vulg. Ecclus. 11, 32.—
one that foresees; one that arranges beforehand; a provider figuratively •
Trop., one that foresees, one that arranges beforehand, a provider (post-class.): deus prospector humanarum necessitatum, Tert. Or. 1: nuptiarum, id. adv. Marc. 4, 34: deus in rebus incertis prospector, App. de Deo Socr. 16, p. 51, 12; Vulg. Ecclus. 3, 34.
Perseus ID: n39066 Key: prospector