miner
A person who works in a mineA person who works in a mine.
Recorded US: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
6 sensesA 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
An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.
сапёрsapjór, минёрminjór
Any bird of one of several species of South American ovenbirds in the genus Geositta.
Software or hardware that mines, or creates new units of cryptocurrency.
A person who mines cryptocurrency.
Any bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.
Examples
71 sentencesI used to be a coal miner.
Я колись був шахтарем. — deniko
ruЯ раньше был шахтёром. — marafon
deIch war früher ein Bergarbeiter. — mayabe
Tom isn't a miner.
Том не шахтар. — deniko
ruТом не шахтёр. — marafon
deTom ist kein Bergmann. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I'm a coal miner.
Я шахтар. — deniko
ruЯ шахтёр. — Balamax
Tom was a coal miner.
Том був шахтарем. — deniko
ruТом был шахтёром. — marafon
Tom is a miner, isn't he?
deTom ist Bergmann, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
By meaning 1
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: minersSynonyms
2 synonyms- laborer who works in a mine:mineworker
Word family
15 related wordsCollocations
3 patterns- a coal miner
- coal miner
- is a miner
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.