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Miner

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Noun

1. miner, mineworker

laborer who works in a mine

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Miner

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noun
1. 
a person who works in a mine
2. Also called: continuous miner
a large machine for the automatic extraction of minerals, esp coal, from a mine
3. 
any of various insects or insect larvae that bore into and feed on plant tissues
See also leaf miner
4. Australian
any of several honey-eaters of the genus Manorina, esp M. melanocephala (noisy miner), of scrub regions
noisy miner

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Miner

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noun
1. 
a person whose work is digging coal, ore, etc. in a mine
2.  Archaic
a soldier who mines enemy installations, etc.

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Miner

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n.
1. One whose work or business it is to extract ore or minerals from the earth.
2. A machine for the automatic extraction of minerals, especially of coal.
3. A soldier, often a specialist, engaged in mining operations.
4. Zoology A leaf miner.

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