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

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

He told Salon that Brown had helped secure health care and pension benefits for retired coal miners through working to pass the Bipartisan American Miners Act of 2019.

From Salon