miner

[mahy-ner] /ˈmaɪ nər/

noun

Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.

a mechanical device used in mining:

a miner for extracting ores from the ocean floor.

any of several Australian birds of the genus Manorina, feeding on honey and typically having a loud call.

any of various insect larvae that create tunnels in the parenchyma of leaves.

(formerly) a person who places or lays military or naval mines.

Origin

1225-75; mine² + -er¹; replacing Middle English minour < Anglo-French (see -or²)

Can be confused

miner, minor, myna.

Examples from the web for miner

Except for the explosives, the only energy deployed was the miner's own.
He built a play corral of mud and broken miner's candle stems, and placed inside the rocks that were his horses.
We're talking on-moon processing sites that either have to be mobile or have fleets of miner vehicles.
The best way to settle the question is simply to gather more evidence, and the miner's site may hold some clues.
Slightly more problematic for the backyard miner is that the metals in dirt often exist in the form of oxides.
After accidentally discovering an alien artifact, the space miner finds himself stranded on an asteroid, his co-workers missing.
Across the street, at the edge of the town park, a bronze statue of a coal miner stands with pick in hand.
His miner's helmet and headlamp are tilted back at a jaunty angle, revealing longish hair that is surely blond in real life.
Clearly, not all parts of the state are as effective as its miner-rescue team.
Accounting irregularities, however modest, are often the miner's canary.

British Dictionary definitions for miner

/ˈmaɪnə/

noun

a person who works in a mine

Also called continuous miner. a large machine for the automatic extraction of minerals, esp coal, from a mine

any of various insects or insect larvae that bore into and feed on plant tissues See also leaf miner

(Austral) any of several honey-eaters of the genus Manorina, esp M. melanocephala (noisy miner), of scrub regions See noisy miner

Word Origin and History for miner

late 13c., from Old French minour (13c.), from miner "to mine" (see mine (n.1)).