- a person who works in a mine taking out coal, gold, diamonds, etc.
- Rescuers are trying to save miners trapped underground after a gas explosion.
Homophones miner | minorminer minorTopics Jobsb2/ˈmaɪnə(r)//ˈmaɪnər/- miner noun
- He started work as a coal miner at 14.
- minor adjective
- The novel is now regarded as a minor classic.
- minor noun
- She arrived in the country as an unaccompanied minor.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- coal
- copper
- gold
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French minour, from miner ‘to mine’, perhaps of Celtic origin; compare with Welsh mwyn ‘ore’, earlier ‘mine’.Definitions on the go
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