| sourdough 
 
 1. a leaven of dough in which fermentation is active;
 used by pioneers for making bread (Freq. 1)
 • Hypernyms:
 leaven, leavening
 2. a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska)
 • Regions:
 West, western United States
 • Hypernyms:
 settler, colonist, prospector
 
 
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