burrower

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an animal that digs a hole or tunnel, especially one that lives in the shelter it makes

   The wombat is a powerful burrower that spends much of the day underground.

2. 2
   noun

   figurative: a person who searches deeply and persistently through information or material

   The painstaking burrower spent years combing archives for forgotten references.

Formed from burrow and the agent suffix -er, literally one that burrows. The figurative sense transfers an animal's persistent digging to a person who works laboriously through books, records, or other material.

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