miner

noun

min·​er

ˈmīnə(r)

plural -s

1

: one that mines: such as

a

: one that constructs or lays military mines

especially : a soldier having such duties

b

: one engaged in the business or occupation of getting ore, coal, precious substances, or other natural substances out of the earth

c

: a machine for automatic mining (as of coal)

d

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

2

a

: any of numerous insects that in the larval state excavate galleries in the parenchyma of leaves

b

: any of several honey eaters of Australia and Tasmania (as Myzantha melanocephala)

Word History

Etymology

Middle English miner, minere, alteration (influenced by -er, -ere -er) of minour, from Old French mineor, from miner to mine + -eor -or

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Rhymes for miner

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