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)

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