Miner (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores: His ancestors were slate miners in Wales who emigrated to the United States.
  2. a mechanical device used in mining: She made her money by developing 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. Digital Technology.
    • a computer or network of computers engaged in solving sets of mathematical problems that are used to verify cryptocurrency transactions and that, when solved, yield a unit of the currency.
    • a software application that is designed to run this process.
    • a person or company that engages in this process.
  6. (formerly) a person who places or lays explosive mines.
noun
  1. a person who works in a mine
  2. a large machine for the automatic extraction of minerals, esp coal, from a mine
  3. any of various insects or insect larvae that bore into and feed on plant tissues
  4. any of several honey-eaters of the genus Manorina, esp M. melanocephala (noisy miner), of scrub regions
Miner (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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