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coalminer

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

One who mines for coal; especially, a worker who does not own the mine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: coalworker, collier

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coalworker, collier

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: miner, mineworker

History

Etymology

By surface analysis, coal + miner, or, by surface analysis, coal mine + -er.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: въглекопач (vǎglekopač) — one who mines for coal
  • Dutch: kolenmijnwerker — one who mines for coal
  • Dutch: kolenmijner — one who mines for coal
  • Finnish: hiilikaivoksen työntekijä — one who mines for coal
  • Finnish: hiilikaivostyöläinen — one who mines for coal
  • Finnish: hiilikaivosmies — one who mines for coal
  • French: mineur de charbonnage — one who mines for coal
  • French: houilleur — one who mines for coal
  • German: Kohlenbergmann — one who mines for coal
  • German: Kohlenbergarbeiter — one who mines for coal
  • Greek: ανθρακωρύχος (anthrakorýchos) — one who mines for coal
  • Hungarian: szénbányász — one who mines for coal
  • Hungarian: kőszénbányász — one who mines for coal
  • Hungarian: vájár — one who mines for coal
  • Irish: mianadóir guail — one who mines for coal
  • Korean: 탄부 (tanbu) — one who mines for coal
  • Ojibwe: ekakanzhewasiniiked — one who mines for coal
  • Ojibwe: akakanzhewasiniikewinini — one who mines for coal
  • Ojibwe: akakanzhewasiniikewikwe — one who mines for coal
  • Polish: górnik — one who mines for coal
  • Romanian: cărbunar — one who mines for coal
  • Russian: у́гольщик (úgolʹščik) — one who mines for coal
  • Slovak: uhliar — one who mines for coal
  • Southern Altai: кӧмӱрчи (kömürči) — one who mines for coal
  • Tatar: күмерче (kümerçe) — one who mines for coal
  • Turkish: kömürcü — one who mines for coal