Standard Lemma guide

miner

name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪnə(ɹ)
  • homophone: minor
  • homophone: myna (non-rhotic)
  • CMU ARPABET: M AY1 N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A minor city in Mississippi County and Scott County, Missouri, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person who works in a mine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: mineworker; mineowner
  • The group of miners were stuck underground after a shaft caved in.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mineworker, mineowner

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Any bird of one of several species of South American ovenbirds in the genus Geositta.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Software or hardware that mines, or creates new units of cryptocurrency.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A person who mines cryptocurrency.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Any bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

laborer who works in a mine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mineworker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack

Narrower terms: coal miner, collier, pitman, gold miner, gold digger, gold panner, placer miner, prospector, strip miner

History

Etymology

From mine + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).

From myna.

Across languages

Translations

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aragonese: menero — person who works in a mine
  • Armenian: հանքափոր (hankʻapʻor) — person who works in a mine
  • Basque: meatzari — person who works in a mine
  • Belarusian: шахцёр (šaxcjór) — person who works in a mine
  • Belarusian: гарня́к (harnják) — person who works in a mine
  • Bulgarian: миньо́р (minjór) — person who works in a mine
  • Bulgarian: руднича́р (rudničár) — person who works in a mine
  • Catalan: minaire — person who works in a mine
  • Catalan: miner — person who works in a mine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 礦工 /矿工 (kuànggōng) — person who works in a mine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 礦夫 /矿夫 (kuàngfū) — person who works in a mine
  • Czech: havíř — person who works in a mine
  • Czech: horník — person who works in a mine
  • Danish: minearbejder — person who works in a mine
  • Danish: grubearbejder — person who works in a mine
  • Dutch: mijnwerker — person who works in a mine
  • Dutch: kompel — person who works in a mine
  • Esperanto: ministo — person who works in a mine
  • Estonian: kaevur — person who works in a mine
  • Finnish: kaivosmies — person who works in a mine
  • Finnish: kaivostyöläinen — person who works in a mine
  • Finnish: mainari — person who works in a mine
  • French: mineur — person who works in a mine
  • Galician: mineiro — person who works in a mine
  • Georgian: მეშახტე (mešaxṭe) — person who works in a mine
  • German: Bergmann — person who works in a mine
  • German: Bergarbeiter — person who works in a mine
  • Greek: μεταλλωρύχος (metallorýchos) — person who works in a mine
  • Ancient Greek: μεταλλευτής (metalleutḗs) — person who works in a mine
  • Hebrew: כורה — person who works in a mine
  • Hungarian: bányász — person who works in a mine
  • Hungarian: vájár — person who works in a mine
  • Icelandic: námumaður — person who works in a mine
  • Irish: mianadóir — person who works in a mine
  • Italian: minatore — person who works in a mine
  • Japanese: 鉱夫 (kōfu) — person who works in a mine
  • Japanese: 坑夫 (kōfu) — person who works in a mine
  • Japanese: 鉱山労働者 (kouzanroudousha) — person who works in a mine
  • Korean: 광부 (gwangbu) — person who works in a mine
  • Latin: metallārius — person who works in a mine
  • Latvian: kalnracis — person who works in a mine
  • Latvian: ogļracis — person who works in a mine
  • Luxembourgish: Mineur — person who works in a mine
  • Macedonian: рудар (rudar) — person who works in a mine
  • Māori: kaihuke — person who works in a mine
  • Mòcheno: knòpp — person who works in a mine
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gruvearbeider — person who works in a mine
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gruvearbeidar — person who works in a mine
  • Occitan: minaire — person who works in a mine
  • Old English: delfere — person who works in a mine
  • Persian: کارگر معدن (kârgar-e ma'dan) — person who works in a mine
  • Persian: معدنچی (ma'danči) — person who works in a mine
  • Polish: górnik — person who works in a mine
  • Portuguese: mineiro — person who works in a mine
  • Romanian: miner — person who works in a mine
  • Romanian: mineră — person who works in a mine
  • Romanian: mineriță — person who works in a mine
  • Russian: шахтёр (šaxtjór) — person who works in a mine
  • Russian: горня́к (gornják) — person who works in a mine
  • Serbo-Croatian: ру̀да̄р — person who works in a mine
  • Serbo-Croatian: rùdār — person who works in a mine
  • Silesian: grubjorz — person who works in a mine
  • Silesian: bergmůn — person who works in a mine
  • Slovak: baník — person who works in a mine
  • Slovene: rudar — person who works in a mine
  • Spanish: minero — person who works in a mine
  • Swedish: gruvarbetare — person who works in a mine
  • Tagalog: mandudulang — person who works in a mine
  • Turkish: madenci — person who works in a mine
  • Ottoman Turkish: معدنجی (maʿdenci) — person who works in a mine
  • Ottoman Turkish: لغمجی (lağımcı) — person who works in a mine
  • Ukrainian: шахта́р (šaxtár) — person who works in a mine
  • Ukrainian: гірни́к (hirnýk) — person who works in a mine
  • Vietnamese: thợ mỏ — person who works in a mine
  • Volapük: meinan — person who works in a mine
  • Volapük: himeinan — person who works in a mine
  • Volapük: jimeinan — person who works in a mine
  • Welsh: mwynwr — person who works in a mine
  • Welsh: cloddiwr — person who works in a mine
  • Bulgarian: сапьо́р (sapjór) — operator of mines and other explosives
  • Czech: minér — operator of mines and other explosives
  • Dutch: mineur — operator of mines and other explosives
  • Dutch: mijnenlegger — operator of mines and other explosives
  • Dutch: ontmijner — operator of mines and other explosives
  • Estonian: minöör — operator of mines and other explosives
  • Estonian: sapöör — operator of mines and other explosives
  • Finnish: miinamies — operator of mines and other explosives
  • Hungarian: aknász — operator of mines and other explosives
  • Irish: mianadóir — operator of mines and other explosives
  • Latvian: mīnētājs — operator of mines and other explosives
  • Macedonian: ми́нер (míner) — operator of mines and other explosives
  • Russian: сапёр (sapjór) — operator of mines and other explosives
  • Russian: минёр (minjór) — operator of mines and other explosives
  • Catalan: menjamel — bird of genus Geositta
  • Czech: kutálek — bird of genus Geositta
  • Finnish: kaivaja — bird of genus Geositta
  • Welsh: mwynwr — bird of genus Geositta
  • Finnish: louhintaohjelma — software
  • Finnish: louhija — software
  • Czech: medosavka — bird of genus Manorina
  • Welsh: adar cloch — bird of genus Manorina
  • Finnish: kellomesikko — bird of genus Manorina
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