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

In nations like Peru, which possessed rich natural resources, liberationists tailored their economic justice projects to address how international and national companies profited off the low wages of miners and farmers. — Eben Levey, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026

Whoever designed 100% cotton jeans for railroad workers and miners just didn’t consider the rigors of a 3-hour meal followed by a long train ride home. — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Nov. 2026

So miners who already have data centers set up are likely to remain in high demand by AI hyperscalers. — Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026

There are a lot of neoclouds that are ex-crypto miners that are not good businesses and are not good at operating clusters. — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 29 Oct. 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