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 Definitions of miner  [ˈmaɪ nər]  

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Definition of 'miner' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) miner
a person who works in a mine, esp. a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.

2.  miner
a mechanical device for extracting ores.

Etymology:  (1275–1325; < AF; OF

Definition of 'miner' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) miner, mineworker
laborer who works in a mine


Definition of 'miner' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) miner
sb who works in a mine
coal miners


Definition of 'miner' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) miner
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

2. (noun) miner
any of numerous insects which, in the larval state, excavate galleries in the parenchyma of leaves. They are mostly minute moths and dipterous flies

3. (noun) miner
the chattering, or garrulous, honey eater of Australia (Myzantha garrula)


Translation of 'miner' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a person who works in a mine, in Britain usually a coalminer.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: myner, mynwerker Arabic flag Arabic: عامِل في مَنْجَم فَحْم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: минъор
Brazilian flag Brazilian: mineiro Czech flag Czech: horník German flag German: der Bergmann
Danish flag Danish: minearbejder Greek flag Greek: εργάτης ορυχείου Spanish flag Spanish: minero
Estonian flag Estonian: kaevur Farsi flag Farsi: کارگر معدن Finnish flag Finnish: kaivostyöläinen
French flag French: mineur/-euse Hebrew flag Hebrew: כּוֹרֶה Hindi flag Hindi: खदान में काम करने वाला
Croatian flag Croatian: rudar Hungarian flag Hungarian: bányász Indonesian flag Indonesian: penambang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: námumaður Italian flag Italian: minatore Japanese flag Japanese: 鉱夫
Korean flag Korean: 광부 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kalnakasys,šachtininkas Latvian flag Latvian: kalnracis; ogļracis
Malay flag Malay: pelombong Dutch flag Dutch: mijnwerker Norwegian flag Norwegian: gruvearbeider
Polish flag Polish: górnik Persian flag Persian: کارگر معدن Pashto flag Pashto: كان كيندونكى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: mineiro Romanian flag Romanian: miner Russian flag Russian: шахтёр
Slovak flag Slovak: baník Slovenian flag Slovenian: rudar Serbian flag Serbian: rudar
Swedish flag Swedish: gruvarbetare Thai flag Thai: คนงานเหมือง Turkish flag Turkish: madenci
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 礦工 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: гірник; шахтар Urdu flag Urdu: کان میں کام کرنے والا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thợ mỏ Chinese flag Chinese: 矿工

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