Miner Definition

mīnər
miners
noun
miners
A person whose work is digging coal, ore, etc. in a mine.
Webster's New World
A machine for the automatic extraction of minerals, especially of coal.
American Heritage
A soldier who mines enemy installations, etc.
Webster's New World
A leaf miner.
American Heritage

A bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.

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Other Word Forms of Miner

Noun

Singular:
miner
Plural:
miners

Origin of Miner

  • mine +"Ž -er

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Miner Sentence Examples

  • In order to get a practical knowledge of mining he worked for a few months as a miner at the Wiethe colliery.

  • We all know this guy was no miner.

  • In May the rivers open, the cleared land thaws out, and by June the miner is again at work.

  • Friedel achieved distinction both in miner alogy and organic chemistry.

  • From 1876 to 1897 the total value of the output of the Galena field was between $25,000,000 and $26,000,000; but at present Kansas is far more important as a smelter than as a miner of zinc and lead, and in 1906 58% of all spelter produced in the United States came from smelters in Kansas.

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Words Starting With

MMIMIN

Words Ending With

RERNER

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Words Starting With M and Ending With R

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With M5 Letter Words Ending With R