miners
n. countablen. people who work underground to get coal, gold, or other valuable materials out of the earth. It is a physical and often dangerous job.
n. workers who extract ore, coal, or other minerals from the earth through excavation. Often used in the plural to refer to the collective workforce of the extraction industry.
The miners wear helmets with lights to see in the dark tunnels.
After the strike ended, the miners returned to the pits to resume coal production for the winter season.
The socioeconomic history of the region is deeply intertwined with the struggles of the local miners, whose unions once wielded significant political influence over national energy policy.
The plural form of 'miner'; not to be confused with the phonetically identical 'minors' (underage persons).