Fromplace +‎-er(agent noun suffix).

• IPA^(key):/ˈpleɪsə(ɹ)/

• Audio(General Australian):

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• Rhymes:-eɪsə(ɹ)

placer (pluralplacers)

1. One whoplaces orarranges something.
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym;Edmund Spenser], “Februarie. Ægloga Secunda.”, inThe Shepheardes Calender: […], London:[…] Hugh Singleton, […],→OCLC:

     Thouplacer of plants both humble and tall

2. (slang) One whodeals in stolen goods; afence.^[1]
3. (gambling, in combination) Ahorse, etc. that finishes in a particular place in arace.

   a third-placer

• (one who places):
• (dealer in stolen goods):fence,receiver

Fromplace +‎-er(suffix apparently denoting association).

placer (pluralplacers)

1. (ethology, sheep,Australia,New Zealand) Alamb whose mother has died and which has transferred its attachment to an object, such as a bush or rock, in the locality.
   • 1951,Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation,Problems of Infancy and Childhood, volume 4,page101:

     This is a “placer” sheep, as it is called. The prerequisites to this condition are that the young sheep must be still nursing, but must have begun to nibble grass. It must be the young of a mother that has been somewhat isolated, away from the corral and away from the herd, by herself out on the prairie. Now, when the mother dies, the lamb remains close to the mother′s body[…].

   • 1971, American Society of Animal Science.Journal of Animal Science, Volume 32, Pages 601-1298,page 1281,

     In Australia “placer” lambs are also destroyed, for these too are of little use; they will return constantly to one place, not staying with the flock.

• cade,poddy
• imprinting

From AmericanSpanishplacer, from earlierplacel, apparently from obsoletePortugueseplacel.

• IPA^(key):/ˈplæsə(ɹ)/,/ˈpleɪsə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes:-æsə(ɹ)
• Rhymes:-eɪsə(ɹ)

placer (notcomparable)

1. (mining)alluvial; occurring in a deposit of sand or earth on a river-bed or bank, particularly with reference to precious metals such as gold or silver
   • 1995, Paul T. Craddock,Early Metal Mining and Production, page110:

     Placer gold comes from the weathering of the primary veins releasing the gold to be transported by water action and concentrated in gravel or sand beds.

   • 2002, Philip Ball,The Elements: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, published2004, page46:

     Since time immemorial, people found that they could extract the gold fromplacer deposits by sifting the fine-grained material through a mesh: the technique of panning.

   • 2008, Tanyo Ravicz,Of Knives and Men: Alaskans,page77:

     He still ran aplacer mine in the Interior.

placer (pluralplacers)

1. A place where thesuperficialdetritus iswashed forgold, etc.
2. (by extension) Any place holdingtreasures.

• Placer County

• carpel,craple,parcel

Fromplace +‎-er.

• IPA^(key):/pla.se/

• Audio:

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• Homophones:placé,placés,placée,placées,placez,plaçai

placer

1. toplace (to put in a specific location)
2. toseat (to put an object into a place where it will rest)
3. (reflexive) toplace (to earn a given spot in a competition)

This verb is part of a group of-er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

• → Danish:placere
• → German:platzieren
• → Romanian:plasa
• → Yiddish:אײַנפּלאַצירן(aynplatsirn)

• “placer”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

• claper

• IPA^(key):/plaˈtser/

placer (uncountable)

1. pleasure

placer

1. toplease

plācer

1. first-personsingularpresentpassivesubjunctive ofplācō

• IPA^(key):(Spain)/plaˈθeɾ/[plaˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key):(Latin America, Philippines)/plaˈseɾ/[plaˈseɾ]
• Rhymes:-eɾ
• Syllabification:pla‧cer

Inherited fromLatinplacēre, with irregular conservation of initial/pl-/ (the expected form would be*llacer). ComparePortugueseprazer.

placer (first-person singular presentplazco,first-person singular preteriteplací,past participleplacido)

1. (intransitive, used with indirect object pronouns) tolike (something or someone)

   Synonym:gustar

   Estome place mucho.

   I reallylike this.

2. (literary) toplease (somebody)

   Synonym:agradar

• The third-person forms with the stemsplug- andpleg- (plugo,pluguiera,plega/plegue,pluguieron,pluguieran, etc.) are archaic. In modern literature they may be used in place of forms such asplació,plazca andplaciera with the intention of recalling old-fashioned style.^[1]

placer m (pluralplaceres)

1. pleasure; something done toplease

   Ha sido unplacer conocerte.

   It was apleasure to meet you

Related toplacel(“sandbank”), fromplaza(“place”).

placer m (pluralplaceres)

1. (geology,mining)placer(place where the superficial detritus is washed for gold)
2. (nautical)sandbank

• “placer”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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