Meaning

6 senses
  1. A person who works in a mine.

    Near-synonyms: mineworker; mineowner

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

    Bergmann, Bergarbeiter

    шахтёрšaxtjór, горня́кgornják

    шахта́рšaxtár, гірни́кhirnýk

    laborer who works in a mine

  2. An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.

    сапёрsapjór, минёрminjór

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

  4. Software or hardware that mines, or creates new units of cryptocurrency.

  5. A person who mines cryptocurrency.

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

Examples

71 sentences
  1. I used to be a coal miner.

    Я колись був шахтарем.

    ruЯ раньше был шахтёром.

    deIch war früher ein Bergarbeiter.

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  2. Tom isn't a miner.

    Том не шахтар.

    ruТом не шахтёр.

    deTom ist kein Bergmann.

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  3. I'm a coal miner.

    Я шахтар.

    ruЯ шахтёр.

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  4. Tom was a coal miner.

    Том був шахтарем.

    ruТом был шахтёром.

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  5. Tom is a miner, isn't he?

    deTom ist Bergmann, nicht wahr?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person who works in a mine:
Русский
By meaning 2
person who works in a mine:
operator of mines and other explosives:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person who works in a mine:

Origin

From mine + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).

From mine + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).

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Forms

plural: miners
Singularminer
Pluralminers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

15 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • a coal miner
  • coal miner
  • is a miner

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
miner — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto