Miner

//ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)// name, noun

name, noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who works in a mine.

    "Near-synonyms: mineworker; mineowner"

  2. 2
    Any bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.
  3. 3
    laborer who works in a mine wordnet
  4. 4
    An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.
  5. 5
    Any bird of one of several species of South American ovenbirds in the genus Geositta.
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  1. 6
    Any bird of one of several species of Australian honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.
  2. 7
    Software or hardware that mines, or creates new units of cryptocurrency.

    "The move would have probably prevented Kazakhstan-based miners from accessing the bitcoin network."

  3. 8
    A person who mines cryptocurrency.

    "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."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A minor city in Mississippi County and Scott County, Missouri, United States. countable, uncountable

Example

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"The miner asked the lamp spirit for a happy life."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From myna.

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