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miner

  • noun
  • /ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/

A person who works in a mine.

Example

“The group of miners were stuck underground after a shaft caved in.”

Other meanings

  1. An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.

  2. Any bird of one of several species of South American ovenbirds in the genus Geositta.

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “miner” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.