English Explanatory Dictionary

coalminer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

One who mines for coal; especially, a worker who does not own the mine.

Word forms

coalminer coalminers

Etymology

By surface analysis, coal + miner, or, by surface analysis, coal mine + -er.

Synonyms

coalworker collier

Related words

coal cracker

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