miner

noun

min·​er ˈmī-nər 

plural miners

1

: one that mines: such as

a

: a person who labors inside a mine to get natural substances (such as ore, coal, or stone) out of the earth

works as a coal/gold/uranium miner

b

: a person who owns or runs a mine

c

: a person or entity engaged in cryptocurrency mining (see mining entry 1 sense 2)

Bitcoin mining involves individuals or companies—the miners—using powerful computers to solve complex cryptographic puzzles to verify transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain, a digital ledger of all the currency's transactions. The first miner to solve a puzzle is rewarded with a newly minted Bitcoin. While running more hardware helps a miner's chances of earning Bitcoin, it also increases the amount of power used to generate the currency and maintain the blockchain.

—Deon Loke

d

history : a worker on the construction of underground tunnels and shafts (as for roads, railways, waterways)

e

history : one that constructs or lays military mines

especially : a soldier having such duties

2

a

: any of various small insects (such as moths or dipteran flies) that in the larval stages burrow in and eat the parenchyma of leaves : leaf miner

b

: any of several honeyeaters of Australia and Tasmania (such as Manorina melanocephala)

Examples of miner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Critics said the overhaul opened up a path for advanced manufacturing facilities such as strip miners, chemical producers, battery recyclers and semiconductor plants to open in communities without any environmental review. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Astronauts bring them on journeys to keep an eye on whether or not the water filtration systems are working, much the way miners used to take canaries down to the coal mines to check for poisonous gas leaks. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

Another miner, Rick Ness experiences a health crisis this season. — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026

Rosenblatt initiates Soluna Holdings as buy Rosenblatt said the bitcoin miner is well positioned. — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing miner

• leaf miner
• miner's lettuce

Rhymes for miner

• diner
• finer
• liner
• minor
• schreiner
• seiner
• shiner
• shriner
• signer
• spinor
• viner
• weiner