miner

[ mahy-ner ]

noun

1. Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores:

   His ancestors were slate miners in Wales who emigrated to the United States.

2. a mechanical device used in mining:

   She made her money by developing a miner for extracting ores from the ocean floor.

3. any of several Australian birds of the genus Manorina, feeding on honey and typically having a loud call.
4. Entomology. any of various insect larvae that create tunnels in the parenchyma of leaves.
5. Digital Technology.
   1. a computer or network of computers engaged in solving sets of mathematical problems that are used to verify cryptocurrency transactions and that, when solved, yield a unit of the currency.
   2. a software application that is designed to run this process.
   3. a person or company that engages in this process.
6. (formerly) a person who places or lays explosive mines.

miner

/ ˈmaɪnə /

noun

1. a person who works in a mine
2. Also calledcontinuous miner a large machine for the automatic extraction of minerals, esp coal, from a mine
3. See leaf miner
   any of various insects or insect larvae that bore into and feed on plant tissues See also leaf miner
4. See noisy miner
   any of several honey-eaters of the genus Manorina, esp M. melanocephala (noisy miner), of scrub regions See noisy miner

Word History and Origins

Origin of miner¹

First recorded in 1225–75; mine ² + -er ¹; replacing Middle English minour, from Anglo-French ( -or ² )

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, the crypto miners who wanted to set up shop demanded the low electricity rates available to locals.

From Fortune

From the development of the Weibo uncensored project to the detainment of a miner, signs appear to point to Beijing as the culprit.

From Fortune

There’s order, illustrating how these miners have a strict internal hierarchy.

From Ozy

In March 2019, Justice traveled to Marion County to appear with a group of miners when he signed into law a $60 million-a-year tax cut for coal used at electrical power plants.

From ProPublica

While cheap power has long been the primary consideration for crypto miners, Colyer says that other factors are becoming increasingly important.

From Fortune

There was Milan Hruška, a fiery miner from the North Bohemian coal mines.

From The Daily Beast

I remember a producer saying, ‘You’re going to do the gay miner thing?

From The Daily Beast

Of Taylor Swift's many famous boyfriends: "She has seen more shafts than a coal miner."

From The Daily Beast

His coal miner father had been the one whose luck ran out when he was bayoneted to death by a Japanese soldier.

From The Daily Beast

If a woman wants to be a teacher rather than a miner, or a veterinarian rather than a petroleum engineer, more power to her.

From The Daily Beast

He made several important discoveries in the science, and invented the miner's safety lamp.

From Project Gutenberg

About 1830 a miner, returned from South America, made a claim for wages for watching mineral left behind by Mr. Trevithick.

From Project Gutenberg

Both of them then returned to the place, which the miner examined, and pronounced the soil full of precious ore.

From Project Gutenberg

A small miner's pick is useful for cutting out, and splitting portions of slaty rocks; or for obtaining specimens of clays, etc.

From Project Gutenberg

The miner's daughter was so beatifically happy that the girls found a new and most satisfying thrill in her enjoyment.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• prospector