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miner.

A person who works in a mine.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/
  1. A person who works in a mine.

    The group of miners were stuck underground after a shaft caved in.
  2. An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.

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

  4. Software or hardware that mines, or creates new units of cryptocurrency.

  5. A person who mines cryptocurrency.

Where this word comes from

From mine + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).

noun/ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/
  1. Any bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.

Where this word comes from

From myna.

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