coal miner

American  

[kohl mahyn-er] / ˈkoʊl ˌmaɪn ər /

noun

1. a person who works to extract coal from the earth.

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Example Sentences

"We know that coal miners no longer profit from producing coal which will be phased out sooner than it seemed a few years ago," he told AFP.

From Barron's

Henderson grew up in a family of coal miners about 130 miles away.

From The Wall Street Journal

His father was a coal miner, but those jobs, he said, are scarcer and less stable than before.

From The Wall Street Journal

His dad, a coal miner, once told him to work until the day he died.

From Salon

Country star Loretta Lynn may have been born a coal miner’s daughter, but Sissy Spacek was born to play her, as evidenced by the Oscar she won for her striking portrayal.

From Los Angeles Times