MINER Definition & Meaning

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miner

[ mahy-ner ]

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noun

Also called mineworker. 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.
a mechanical device used in mining:
She made her money by developing 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.
Entomology. any of various insect larvae that create tunnels in the parenchyma of leaves.
Digital Technology.
1. 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.
2. a software application that is designed to run this process.
3. a person or company that engages in this process.
(formerly) a person who places or lays explosive mines.

miner

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noun

a person who works in a mine
Also calledcontinuous 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
any of several honey-eaters of the genus Manorina, esp M. melanocephala (noisy miner), of scrub regions See noisy miner

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of miner¹

First recorded in 1225–75; mine ² + -er ¹; replacing Middle English minour, from Anglo-French ( -or ² )

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Richard ended up living with his sister, her husband who was a miner, and their two young daughters.

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The government appeared paralysed: stand up to the miners and strikes could shut down the power system, but give in and pay them more money and inflation would rocket.

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In the US - bitcoin mining's new mecca - conflicts between miners, locals and residents have been common when electricity is in high demand.

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The carvings depict bighorn sheep, bisected circles and at one site, a miner swinging a pickax.

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The coca farmers, along with miners and other allies, shut down La Paz, erecting roadblocks on all major highways and byways in and out of the capital and choking the economy.

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