'Miner' definitions:

Definition of 'miner'

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noun
Laborer who works in a mine [syn: miner, mineworker]

Definition of 'Miner'

From: GCIDE
  • Miner \Min"er\, n. [Cf. F. mineur.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. One who mines; a digger for metals, etc.; one engaged in the business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; one who digs military mines; as, armies have sappers and miners. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) (a) Any of numerous insects which, in the larval state, excavate galleries in the parenchyma of leaves. They are mostly minute moths and dipterous flies. (b) The chattering, or garrulous, honey eater of Australia (Myzantha garrula). [1913 Webster]
  • Miner's elbow (Med.), a swelling on the black of the elbow due to inflammation of the bursa over the olecranon; -- so called because of frequent occurrence in miners.
  • Miner's inch, in hydraulic mining, the amount of water flowing under a given pressure in a given time through a hole one inch in diameter. It is a unit for measuring the quantity of water supplied. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'miner'

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Miner, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Miner, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000) :
1056
Housing Units (2000) :
442
Land area (2000) :
4.100342 sq. miles (10.619837 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.002709 sq. miles (0.007015 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
4.103051 sq. miles (10.626852 sq. km)
FIPS code :
48656
Located within :
Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location :
36.892082 N, 89.535861 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Miner -- U.S. County in South Dakota

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Miner -- U.S. County in South Dakota
Population (2000) :
2884
Housing Units (2000) :
1408
Land area (2000) :
570.336145 sq. miles (1477.163771 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
1.650350 sq. miles (4.274386 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
571.986495 sq. miles (1481.438157 sq. km)
Located within :
South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location :
44.022071 N, 97.600049 W

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