Definition of Miner

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Definition of Miner

Miner

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.

Any of numerous insects which, in the larval state, excavate galleries in the parenchyma of leaves. They are mostly minute moths and dipterous flies.

The chattering, or garrulous, honey eater of Australia (Myzantha garrula).

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Miner Quotations

What one state could not get alone, what one miner against a powerful corporation could not achieve, can be achieved by the union.
Mary Harris Jones

My physics teacher, Thomas Miner was particularly gifted. To this day, I remember how he introduced the subject of physics. He told us we were going to learn how to deal with very simple questions such as how a body falls due to the acceleration of gravity.
Steven Chu

My great-grandfather was a coal miner, who worked in Pennsylvania mines when carts were pulled by mules and mines were lit by candles. Mining was very dangerous work then.
Tim Murphy

I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner. My mom took in wash. I grew up around people of strong values - even if they rarely talked about them.
Harry Reid

I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal.
Peter Cook

Who deserves more credit than the wife of a coal miner? Mother was one.
Merle Travis

Miner Translations

miner in Danish is grubearbejder
miner in Dutch is mijnwerker
miner in German is Bergmann, Bergarbeiter
miner in Latin is minutor
miner in Portuguese is mineiro
miner in Spanish is minero
miner in Swedish is gruvarbetare

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