MINER

miner, mineworker

(noun) laborer who works in a mine

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

miner (plural miners)

A person who works in a mine.

An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.

Any bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.

Any bird of one of several species of South American ovenbirds in the genus Geositta.

(computing) Software or hardware that mines, or creates new units of cryptocurrency.

Anagrams

• Ermin, ermin, in rem, inerm

Proper noun

Miner (plural Miners)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Miner is the 1683^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 21439 individuals. Miner is most common among White (87.41%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Ermin, ermin, in rem, inerm

Source: Wiktionary

Min"er, n. Etym: [Cf. F. mineur.]

1. One who mines; a digger for metals, etc.; one engaged in the business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; one who digs military mines; as, armies have sappers and miners.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) Any of numerous insects which, in the larval state, excavate galleries in the parenchyma of leaves. They are mostly minute moths and dipterous flies. (b) The chattering, or garrulous, honey eater of Australia (Myzantha garrula). Miner's elbow (Med.), a swelling on the black of the elbow due to inflammation of the bursa over the olecranon; -- so called because of frequent occurrence in miners.

– Miner's inch, in hydraulic mining, the amount of water flowing under a given pressure in a given time through a hole one inch in diameter. It is a unit for measuring the quantity of water supplied.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition