digger

noun

dig·​ger ˈdi-gər 

1

a

: one that digs

b

: a tool or machine for digging

2

Digger dated, offensive : an Indigenous person of the western United States from a culture (such as that of the Paiute) that traditionally dug roots for food

3

or Digger chiefly Australia and New Zealand : an Australian or New Zealand soldier

Examples of digger in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Just as Grossman had to reconstruct the camp at Treblinka after attempts to erase it, so Littell methodically — at times forensically, through interviews with pathologists, survivors and grave diggers — recreates the killings in Bucha. — Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026

Other footage captures diggers, and people with picks and shovels. — Bhadra Sharma, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Following that successful mission, Juliette and her crew go to the door that Lukas Kyle (Avi Nash) found in the digger void. — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

But for this film incarnation of Graham’s story, Boyle wanted an Australian to portray the man labelled the ‘Dirty Digger’. — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for digger

• bigger
• jigger
• rigger
• rigor
• trigger
• vigor
• gravedigger
• obligor
• outrigger