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miner

[ mahy-ner ]

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noun

Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores:
His ancestors were slate miners in Wales who emigrated to the United States.
a mechanical device used in mining:
She made her money by developing a miner for extracting ores from the ocean floor.
any of several Australian birds of the genus Manorina, feeding on honey and typically having a loud call.
Entomology. any of various insect larvae that create tunnels in the parenchyma of leaves.
Digital Technology.
1. a computer or network of computers engaged in solving sets of mathematical problems that are used to verify cryptocurrency transactions and that, when solved, yield a unit of the currency.
2. a software application that is designed to run this process.
3. a person or company that engages in this process.
(formerly) a person who places or lays explosive mines.

miner

/ ˈmaɪnə /

a person who works in a mine
Also calledcontinuous miner a large machine for the automatic extraction of minerals, esp coal, from a mine
any of various insects or insect larvae that bore into and feed on plant tissues See also leaf miner
any of several honey-eaters of the genus Manorina, esp M. melanocephala (noisy miner), of scrub regions See noisy miner

Origin of miner¹

First recorded in 1225–75; mine ² + -er ¹; replacing Middle English minour, from Anglo-French ( -or ² )

There was Milan Hruška, a fiery miner from the North Bohemian coal mines.

I remember a producer saying, ‘You’re going to do the gay miner thing?

Of Taylor Swift's many famous boyfriends: "She has seen more shafts than a coal miner."

His coal miner father had been the one whose luck ran out when he was bayoneted to death by a Japanese soldier.

If a woman wants to be a teacher rather than a miner, or a veterinarian rather than a petroleum engineer, more power to her.

He made several important discoveries in the science, and invented the miner's safety lamp.

About 1830 a miner, returned from South America, made a claim for wages for watching mineral left behind by Mr. Trevithick.

Both of them then returned to the place, which the miner examined, and pronounced the soil full of precious ore.

A small miner's pick is useful for cutting out, and splitting portions of slaty rocks; or for obtaining specimens of clays, etc.

The miner's daughter was so beatifically happy that the girls found a new and most satisfying thrill in her enjoyment.

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