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miner
a person who works in a mine; a mechanical device used in mining
Not to be confused with:
minor – underage person
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min·er
(mī′nər)n.
1. One whose work or business it is to extract ore or minerals from the earth.
2. A machine for the automatic extraction of minerals, especially of coal.
3. A soldier, often a specialist, engaged in mining operations.
4. Zoology A leaf miner.
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miner
(ˈmaɪnə)n
1. (Mining & Quarrying) a person who works in a mine
2. (Mining & Quarrying) Also called: continuous miner a large machine for the automatic extraction of minerals, esp coal, from a mine
3. (Animals) any of various insects or insect larvae that bore into and feed on plant tissues. See also leaf miner
4. (Animals) Austral any of several honey-eaters of the genus Manorina, esp M. melanocephala (noisy miner), of scrub regions. See noisy miner
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min•er
(ˈmaɪ nər)n.
1. a person who works in a mine, esp. a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
2. a mechanical device for extracting ores.
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Noun | 1. | miner - laborer who works in a mine laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor placer miner - a miner who extracts minerals from a placer by washing or dredging prospector - someone who explores an area for mineral deposits strip miner - a miner who does strip mining |
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miner
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Translations
عامِل في مَنْجَم فَحْممُعَدِّن
horník
minearbejder
kaevurminöörsapöör
kaivostyöläinen
rudar
bányászaknász
námumaîur
炭坑労働者
광부
rudar
gruvarbetare
คนงานเหมือง
thợ mỏ
miner
[ˈmaɪnəʳ] N → minero/a m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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miner
n → Bergarbeiter(in) m(f), → Bergmann m
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mine2
(main) noun1. a place (usually underground) from which metals, coal, salt etc are dug. a coalmine; My father worked in the mines.
2. a type of bomb used underwater or placed just beneath the surface of the ground. The ship has been blown up by a mine.
verb1. to dig (for metals etc) in a mine. Coal is mined near here.
2. to place explosive mines in. They've mined the mouth of the river.
3. to blow up with mines. His ship was mined.
ˈminer noun a person who works in a mine, in Britain usually a coalminer.
ˈmining nounˈminefield noun
an area of ground or water which is full of explosive mines.
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miner
→ مُعَدِّن horník minearbejder Bergarbeiter ανθρακωρύχος minero kaivostyöläinen mineur rudar minatore 炭坑労働者 광부 mijnwerker gruvearbeider górnik mineiro шахтер gruvarbetare คนงานเหมือง madenci thợ mỏ 矿工Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
miner
n. minero.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
miner
n minero -ra mfEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.