Definition of miner Miner

/majˈnɚ/ - [mayner] - min•er

We found 8 definitions of miner from 4 different sources.

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Noun

Plural: miners

miner - laborer who works in a mine
  mineworker
  laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
  coal miner, collier, pitman someone who works in a coal mine
  gold miner, gold panner, gold digger a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field
  placer miner a miner who extracts minerals from a placer by washing or dredging
  prospector someone who explores an area for mineral deposits
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • miner (n.)
    One who mines; a digger for metals, etc.; one engaged in the business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; one who digs military mines; as, armies have sappers and miners.
  • miner (n.)
    Any of numerous insects which, in the larval state, excavate galleries in the parenchyma of leaves. They are mostly minute moths and dipterous flies.
  • miner (n.)
    The chattering, or garrulous, honey eater of Australia (Myzantha garrula).

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