miner en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/
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Etymology
From mine + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).
Meanings
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A person who works in a mine.
Near-synonyms: mineworker; mineowner
The group of miners were stuck underground after a shaft caved in.
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.
2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2021:Hui from Lin’an—especially those from the village of Huilong—were famously skilled miners and traveled long distances to work mines throughout the province.
2005, David G. Atwill, “Shades of Islam: The Muslim Yunnanese”, in The Chinese Sultanate: Islam, Ethnicity, and the Panthay Rebellion in Southwest China, 1856-1873, Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 44:
- An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.
- Any bird of one of several species of South American ovenbirds in the genus Geositta.
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Software or hardware that mines, or creates new units of cryptocurrency.
The move would have probably prevented Kazakhstan-based miners from accessing the bitcoin network.
2022 January 6, “Kazakhstan internet shutdown deals blow to global bitcoin mining operation”, in The Guardian:
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A person who mines cryptocurrency.
The first miner to solve each puzzle would be awarded 50 new bitcoins, and the associated block of transactions would be added to the chain. The difficulty of each puzzle would increase as the number of miners increased, which would keep production to one block of transactions roughly every 10 minutes.
2011 November 23, Benjamin Wallace, “The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2025:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| miners | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Deriveds
Miner's Candlestick · creamy-rumped miner · miner's lettuce · long-faced miner bee · short-billed miner · coalminer · slender-billed miner · freeminer · miners safety candlestick · leaf miner · common miner · gold miner · goldminer · leaf-miner fly · junior miner · lodgepole needle miner · coastal miner · aspen leaf blotch miner moth · rufous-banded miner · thick-billed miner · data miner · nonminer · dark-winged miner · leaf-miner · ninja miner · cryptominer · campo miner · greyish miner · puna miner
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Translations (101)
mi kaihuke (person who works in a mine) · da grubearbejder (person who works in a mine) · ota لغمجی (person who works in a mine) · fa کارگر معدن (person who works in a mine) · ca miner (person who works in a mine) · cmn 礦夫 /矿夫 (person who works in a mine) · it minatore (person who works in a mine) · pt mineiro (person who works in a mine) · vo himeinan (person who works in a mine) · ja 鉱山労働者 (person who works in a mine) · cy cloddiwr (person who works in a mine) · grc μεταλλευτής (person who works in a mine) · cy mwynwr (bird of genus Geositta) · fi miinamies (operator of mines and other explosives) · fi mainari (person who works in a mine) · ru минёр (operator of mines and other explosives) · ro mineriță (person who works in a mine) · ga mianadóir (operator of mines and other explosives) · szl bergmůn (person who works in a mine) · be гарня́к (person who works in a mine) · nl kompel (person who works in a mine) · et sapöör (operator of mines and other explosives) · he כורה (person who works in a mine) · ru шахтёр (person who works in a mine) · eo ministo (person who works in a mine) · fi louhija (software) · pl górnik (person who works in a mine) · ro mineră (person who works in a mine) · sh rùdār (person who works in a mine) · et minöör (operator of mines and other explosives) · cs kutálek (bird of genus Geositta) · bg руднича́р (person who works in a mine) · fi kaivaja (bird of genus Geositta) · gl mineiro (person who works in a mine) · lv kalnracis (person who works in a mine) · sv gruvarbetare (person who works in a mine) · tl mandudulang (person who works in a mine) · uk гірни́к (person who works in a mine) · be шахцёр (person who works in a mine) · cs havíř (person who works in a mine) · vo meinan (person who works in a mine) · sk baník (person who works in a mine) · bg миньо́р (person who works in a mine) · ang delfere (person who works in a mine) · ru горня́к (person who works in a mine) · lb Mineur (person who works in a mine) · tr madenci (person who works in a mine) · nl mineur (operator of mines and other explosives) · sl rudar (person who works in a mine) · de Bergarbeiter (person who works in a mine) · nn gruvearbeidar (person who works in a mine) · cs minér (operator of mines and other explosives) · hu bányász (person who works in a mine) · ro miner (person who works in a mine) · ga mianadóir (person who works in a mine) · vo jimeinan (person who works in a mine) · ikz umusimbi class 1 (person who works in a mine) · nl ontmijner (operator of mines and other explosives) · hu vájár (person who works in a mine) · cy mwynwr (person who works in a mine) · fi kaivosmies (person who works in a mine) · cwa omusimbi class 1 (person who works in a mine) · la metallārius (person who works in a mine) · ru сапёр (operator of mines and other explosives) · hy հանքափոր (person who works in a mine) · ka მეშახტე (person who works in a mine) · bg сапьо́р (operator of mines and other explosives) · ca minaire (person who works in a mine) · mhn knòpp (person who works in a mine) · mk рудар (person who works in a mine) · de Bergmann (person who works in a mine) · an menero (person who works in a mine) · et kaevur (person who works in a mine) · ca menjamel (bird of genus Geositta) · ko 광부 (person who works in a mine) · lv ogļracis (person who works in a mine) · oc minaire (person who works in a mine) · ja 坑夫 (person who works in a mine) · fi kaivostyöläinen (person who works in a mine) · hu aknász (operator of mines and other explosives) · fr mineur (person who works in a mine) · es minero (person who works in a mine) · da minearbejder (person who works in a mine) · cs horník (person who works in a mine) · cmn 礦工 /矿工 (person who works in a mine) · uk шахта́р (person who works in a mine) · el μεταλλωρύχος (person who works in a mine) · eu meatzari (person who works in a mine) · is námumaður (person who works in a mine) · vi thợ mỏ (person who works in a mine) · nl mijnenlegger (operator of mines and other explosives) · fi louhintaohjelma (software) · fa معدنچی (person who works in a mine) · ja 鉱夫 (person who works in a mine) · ota معدنجی (person who works in a mine) · mk ми́нер (operator of mines and other explosives) · szl grubjorz (person who works in a mine) · nl mijnwerker (person who works in a mine) · nb gruvearbeider (person who works in a mine) · sh ру̀да̄р (person who works in a mine) · lv mīnētājs (operator of mines and other explosives)