talponarius Save DMLBS talponarius [talpo+-arius] 1 mole-catcher. c1335 in stipendio ‥ talpanarii, xij d. Comp. Swith. 249. 2 excavator, miner (in quot. attrib. or as adj.). viri ~ii sub terra sibi viam aperientes murorum fundamenta subfodiebant Devizes f. 35v.