miner
/ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/ noun B2- A person who works in a mine. · Near-synonyms: mineworker; mineowner· The group of miners were stuck underground after a shaft caved in.
- An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.
- Any bird of one of several species of South American ovenbirds in the genus Geositta.
- Software or hardware that mines, or creates new units of cryptocurrency.
- A person who mines cryptocurrency.
Plural miners
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But they were not miners.
“Bonaparte,” continued the baron, “is mortally wearied, and passes whole days in watching his miners at work at Porto-Longone.”
“This one is built against the solid rock, and it would take ten experienced miners, duly furnished with the requisite tools, as many years to perforate it.
That very day the miners began their labors, with a vigor and alacrity proportionate to their long rest from fatigue and their hopes of ultimate success.
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