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min⋅er

  [mahy-ner]
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–noun
1. Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, esp. a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
2. a mechanical device used in mining: a miner for extracting ores from the ocean floor.
3. any of several Australian birds of the genus Manorina, feeding on honey and typically having a loud call.
4. any of various insect larvae that create tunnels in the parenchyma of leaves.
5. (formerly) a person who places or lays military or naval mines.
Origin:
1225–75; mine 2 + -er 1 ; r. ME minour < AF (see -or 2 )
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min·er   (mī'nər)   
n.  
  1. One whose work or business it is to extract ore or minerals from the earth.
  2. A machine for the automatic extraction of minerals, especially of coal.
  3. A soldier, often a specialist, engaged in mining operations.
  4. Zoology A leaf miner.
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Miner

Min"er\, n. [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. (Zo["o]l.) (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.
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Language Translation for : miner
Spanish: minero,
German: der Bergmann,
Japanese: 鉱夫
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