# miner

Pronunciation: say "MY-nur" /ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/

## Noun

1. A worker employed in a mine, extracting coal, ore, or other materials from beneath the ground.
   - Simple: Someone whose job is digging coal, metal, or other materials out of the ground.
   - _Each miner carried a lamp down into the deep shaft._
   - _The miners went on strike over unsafe working conditions._
2. A person who operates computers to generate new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions on a network.
   - Simple: Someone who uses computers to earn new digital coins by solving hard math problems.
   - _The miner who first solves the puzzle gets to add the next block._
   - _Cryptocurrency miners compete to validate transactions across the whole network._
3. A program or piece of equipment that creates new units of cryptocurrency by performing the mining computations.
   - Simple: A computer program or machine that makes new digital coins.
   - _The miner consumed more electricity than the rest of the household combined._
   - _Modern miners are built around specialized chips designed for a single task._
4. A person who places and operates ordnance mines and similar explosive devices.
   - Simple: A soldier who sets up and handles explosive mines and similar bombs.
   - _The army's miners laid charges beneath the fortress walls._
   - _A skilled miner could clear a field of buried explosives in hours._
5. Any of several Australian honeyeater birds belonging to the genus Manorina.
   - Simple: A noisy Australian bird in the honeyeater family that feeds on nectar.
   - _The miner defended its patch of flowering shrubs from every intruder._
   - _A flock of miners can drive away much larger birds._
6. Any of four honeyeater species in the genus Manorina, found only in Australia.
   - Simple: A type of Australian bird, one of four kinds in the honeyeater family found only there.
   - _A miner perched on the fence, watching for intruders near its nest._
   - _Miners in the genus Manorina occur only across mainland Australia._
7. Any of several South American ovenbird species belonging to the genus Geositta.
   - Simple: A small South American bird that lives on the ground and digs burrows for its nest.
   - _The miner dug a long tunnel into the bank for its nest._
   - _Several miners foraged along the bare hillside in the morning light._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–5, 7** — Formed from "mine" with the suffix "-er", used to make an agent or occupational noun.
**Meaning 6** — A variant of "myna".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/miner (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).