Miner

Pronunciation

• IPA: /maɪnÉ™/
• Rhymes: -aɪnÉ™(r)
• Homophones: minor, mynah in non-rhotic accents

Origin

mine + -er

Full definition of miner

Noun

1. A person who works in a mine.
• 2014-04-21, Subtle effects, Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.
2. An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.
3. A bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.

Derived terms

• miner's lettuce
• leaf miner
• bell miner
• black-eared miner
• noisy miner
• yellow-throated miner

Related terms

• mine
• mining

Anagrams

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