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Webster 1913 Edition
Miner
Min′er
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
mineur
.] 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
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
). 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Miner
MI'NER
,Noun.
1.
One who digs canals or passages under the walls of a fort, &c. Armies have sappers and miners.Definition 2024
miner
miner
See also: miner.
English
Noun
miner (plural miners)
- A person who works in a mine.
- 2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884:
- Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.
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- An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.
- Any bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.
- Any bird of one of several species of South American ovenbirds in the genus Geositta.
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Translations
a person who works in a mine
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an operator of mines and other explosives in an army
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From mine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mine/
Verb
miner
Conjugation
Conjugation of miner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | miner | avoir miné | |||||
| gerund | en minant | en ayant miné | |||||
| present participle | minant /mi.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | miné /mi.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | mine /min/ |
mines /min/ |
mine /min/ |
minons /mi.nɔ̃/ |
minez /mi.ne/ |
minent /min/ |
| imperfect | minais /mi.nɛ/ |
minais /mi.nɛ/ |
minait /mi.nɛ/ |
minions /mi.njɔ̃/ |
miniez /mi.nje/ |
minaient /mi.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | minai /mi.ne/ |
minas /mi.na/ |
mina /mi.na/ |
minâmes /mi.nam/ |
minâtes /mi.nat/ |
minèrent /mi.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | minerai /min.ʁe/ |
mineras /min.ʁa/ |
minera /min.ʁa/ |
minerons /min.ʁɔ̃/ |
minerez /min.ʁe/ |
mineront /min.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | minerais /min.ʁɛ/ |
minerais /min.ʁɛ/ |
minerait /min.ʁɛ/ |
minerions /mi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
mineriez /mi.nə.ʁje/ |
mineraient /min.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | mine /min/ |
mines /min/ |
mine /min/ |
minions /mi.njɔ̃/ |
miniez /mi.nje/ |
minent /min/ |
| imperfect1 |
minasse /mi.nas/ |
minasses /mi.nas/ |
minât /mi.na/ |
minassions /mi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
minassiez /mi.na.sje/ |
minassent /mi.nas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | mine /min/ |
— | minons /mi.nɔ̃/ |
minez /mi.ne/ |
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Derived terms
- mineur m
Romanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miˈner/
Noun
miner m (plural mineri, feminine equivalent mineră)
- miner (person who works in a mine)
Declension
declension of miner
| singular | plural | |||
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| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) miner | minerul | (niște) mineri | minerii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) miner | minerului | (unor) mineri | minerilor |
| vocative | minerule | minerilor | ||
Derived terms
- mineri
- minerire
- minerit
- mineriță
Related terms
References
- miner in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2016