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MINEWORKER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Laborer who works in a mine
Synonyms:
miner; mineworker
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mineworker" is a kind of...):
jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mineworker"):
coal miner; collier; pitman (someone who works in a coal mine)
gold digger; gold miner; gold panner (a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field)
placer miner (a miner who extracts minerals from a placer by washing or dredging)
prospector (someone who explores an area for mineral deposits)
strip miner (a miner who does strip mining)
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