mineworker
nounEtymology From mine + worker.
1
One who works in a mine.
- Near-synonym: miner (usually coinstantial)
- West Australian Liberal MP Mal Washer says many mineworkers are paid more than federal backbenchers, who receive $127,060.2009 April 3, Staff writer, “Unions attack attempts by MPs to lift their pay”, in Herald Sun:
- Related terms
- laborer, tradesperson