miner
nounEtymology From myna.
1
Any bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.
- Derived terms
- bell miner, black-eared miner, noisy miner, yellow-throated miner
miner
noun/ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/
Etymology From mine + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).
1
A person who works in a mine.
- Near-synonyms: mineworker; mineowner
- The group of miners were stuck underground after a shaft caved in.
2 more examples
- Hui from Lin’an—especially those from the village of Huilong—were famously skilled miners and traveled long distances to work mines throughout the province.2005, David G. Atwill, “Shades of Islam: The Muslim Yunnanese”, in The Chinese Sultanate: Islam, Ethnicity, and the Panthay Rebellion in Southwest China, 1856-1873, Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 44:
- Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2021:
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An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.
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Any bird of one of several species of South American ovenbirds in the genus Geositta.
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Business, Cryptocurrencies, Cryptocurrency, Finance Software or hardware that mines, or creates new units of cryptocurrency.
- The move would have probably prevented Kazakhstan-based miners from accessing the bitcoin network.2022 January 6, “Kazakhstan internet shutdown deals blow to global bitcoin mining operation”, in The Guardian:
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Business, Cryptocurrencies, Cryptocurrency, Finance A person who mines cryptocurrency.
- The first miner to solve each puzzle would be awarded 50 new bitcoins, and the associated block of transactions would be added to the chain. The difficulty of each puzzle would increase as the number of miners increased, which would keep production to one block of transactions roughly every 10 minutes.2011 November 23, Benjamin Wallace, “The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2025:
- Derived terms
28 terms
aspen leaf blotch miner moth, campo miner, coalminer, coastal miner, common miner, creamy-rumped miner, cryptominer, dark-winged miner, data miner, freeminer, gold miner, goldminer, greyish miner, junior miner, leaf miner, leaf-miner, leaf-miner fly, long-faced miner bee, Miner's Candlestick, miner's lettuce, miners safety candlestick, ninja miner, nonminer, puna miner, rufous-banded miner, short-billed miner, slender-billed miner, thick-billed miner