Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A miner who takes work as tribute, or who receives as his pay a certain proportion of the ore obtained; a tributer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun U.S. One who searches for ores; a prospector.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US One who searches for
ores ; aprospector .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Borrowed from Spanish buscón ("searcher"), from buscar ("to search").
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word buscon.
Examples
-
Here is a really great look at baseball in the Dominican Republic following a buscon (or player agent).
Amazin' Avenue 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.