What does digger mean?

Definitions for digger
ˈdɪg ərdig·ger

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word digger.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. diggernoun

    a laborer who digs

  2. power shovel, excavator, digger, shovelnoun

    a machine for excavating

Wiktionary

  1. diggernoun

    A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenchesuFF1B an excavator.

  2. diggernoun

    A tool for digging.

  3. diggernoun

    A spade (playing card).

  4. diggernoun

    One who digs.

  5. diggernoun

    A gold miner, one who digs for gold.

  6. diggernoun

    An informal nickname for a friend; used as a term of endearment.

  7. diggernoun

    An Australian or New Zealand soldier.

  8. Diggernoun

    A soldier from Australia or New Zealand.

  9. Etymology: Derived from dig.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Diggernoun

    One that opens the ground with a spade.

    Etymology: from dig.

    When we visited mines, we have been told by diggers, that even when the sky seemed clear, there would suddenly arise a steam so thick, that it would put out their candles. Boyle.

ChatGPT

  1. digger

    A digger is a person or a machine that is engaged in digging, specifically, removing and moving soil or other materials from the ground. This term can apply to workers using hand tools or operating heavy machinery such as excavators or backhoes. In a more specific context, "digger" can also refer to a miner who extracts resources from the ground.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Diggernoun

    one who, or that which, digs

Wikidata

  1. Digger

    Digger is an Australian and New Zealand military slang term for soldiers from Australia and New Zealand. It originated during World War I.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of digger in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of digger in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of digger in a Sentence

  1. Douglas William Jerrold:

    Even the worse of jobs has their pleasures, if I were a grave digger or a hangmen, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.

  2. Lamar Sally:

    I want her to go on television and apologize the same way that she went on there and accused me of being a gold digger and tricking her into having a baby.

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