A person who works in a mine, or extracts minerals from the earth. In later use chiefly: spec. a person employed in this capacity by a mining company.
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] (218) minerc1390 A person who works in a mine, or extracts minerals from the earth. In later use chiefly: spec. a person employed in this capacity by a mining company. digger1531 spec. A miner, especially one who works surface or shallow deposits. pioneer1552 Military. A person employed as a digger or excavator; a miner, a quarrier. Obsolete. mineman1579 A miner. Obsolete. groover1610 A miner. Now dialect. berman1677 A miner. Vulcana1680 allusively. A miner. Obsolete. rare. pitman1709 A man who works in a pit or mine, esp. a coal mine; a collier. Also: spec. a man who operates the pumping machinery in a pit or shaft. pikeman1744 A person who wields a pickaxe; esp. one who hews the coal in a mine; = pickman, n.1 Now chiefly historical. Geordie1861 Mining. A coal miner, esp. one from Tyneside or a neighbouring region of north-east England. Now rare. Subcategories:— new or inexperienced (2) — solitary (1) — native African (1) — company of miners (2) — prospector (16) — who stakes or takes up claim (3) — one who grants mining licence (2) — miner using specific method (5) — one who mines metals (28) — coal-miner (80) — one who mines other specific substances (7) — mine manager or overseer (3) — supervisors or inspectors (4) — foreman with whom contracts are made (1) — mine safety workers (4) — one who washes or dresses ore (11) — one who sinks shafts (4) — one who fires shot in mine (2) — one who works in specific part of mine (6) — one who works specific mining equipment (4) — weigher (2) — assay officer of stannaries (2) — other specific mine workers (13) — mining expert (3) — mining agent (1) — mining partner (1) |
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