miner

Speech parts

1. miner - Noun

2. Miner - Proper noun

Meaning

One who mines; a digger for metals, etc.; one engaged in the business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; one who digs military mines; as, armies have sappers and miners.

Any of numerous insects which, in the larval state, excavate galleries in the parenchyma of leaves. They are mostly minute moths and dipterous flies.

The chattering, or garrulous, honey eater of Australia (Myzantha garrula).

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A 1960s story by Bob Gregory and Tony Strobl identifies Scrooge's grandfather as Titus McDuck who was also a coal miner. Source: Internet

According to police, the miner buckled under intense interrogation and admitted to killing Lezama. Source: Internet

After learning needlework in his convalescence at the hospital, one patient, a coal miner, produced “a picture depicting a basket of fruit.” Source: Internet

A miner, of Dazzell Scheme, East Coast Demerara, was yesterday granted bail after he was charged for stealing from his partner when they booked a room for a three-day outing together at a hotel in Georgetown. Source: Internet

A man was stabbed to death on Sunday after he intervened in a fight between a Brazilian miner and his reputed wife. Source: Internet

But the Oracle of Omaha’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed Friday that it has bought a new stake in top miner Barrick Gold. Source: Internet

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