Miner Meaning
/ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person who works in a mine.
nounAn operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.
Sentence Examples
The miner asked the lamp spirit for a happy life.
The miner discovered a valuable pocket of gold.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ dug deep into the earth to find valuable metals like gold and silver.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The experienced ____ spent many long hours working deep underground, searching for precious gems and industrial minerals.
Word Origin & History
From mine + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ dug deep into the earth to find valuable metals like gold and silver.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The experienced ____ spent many long hours working deep underground, searching for precious gems and industrial minerals.