A person who excavates the ground, esp. one who constructs underground passages beneath a wall, fort, etc., for military purposes. In later use esp…
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > earth-movers, etc. > [noun] > digger or excavator (10) minera1300 A person who excavates the ground, esp. one who constructs underground passages beneath a wall, fort, etc., for military purposes. In later use esp… grubbera1400 One who grubs, literal and figurative; a digger; a searcher among ruins and the like; a laborious worker. diggerc1400 One who excavates or turns up the earth with a mattock, spade, or other tool; also an animal that turns up the earth. With adverb, as digger-up. spitter1648 A spademan; a delver or digger. groundsman1785 A labourer employed to dig out or work on the ground, an excavator. excavator1815 One who excavates. spec. A labourer employed to dig out earth. Subcategories:— of trenches or ditches (4) |
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