Miner
Miner (mī'nər)
Miner is a term used to describe a person who works in mines, extracting valuable minerals and other geological materials from the earth.
Pronunciation
The term is pronounced as mī'nər.
Etymology
The term 'miner' originates from the Middle English term 'mynour', which is derived from the Old French term 'mineor'. The term 'mine' in Old French means 'mine', and the suffix '-or' is used to denote a person who does something. Therefore, a 'mineor' is a person who works in a mine.
Related Terms
- Mining: The process or industry of obtaining coal or other minerals from a mine.
- Mineral: A solid, naturally occurring inorganic substance.
- Geology: The science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it.
- Ore: A naturally occurring solid material from which a metal or valuable mineral can be profitably extracted.
- Coal: A black or brownish-black sedimentary rock that is primarily composed of carbon, along with various other elements such as hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
- Gold: A yellow precious metal, the chemical element of atomic number 79, used in jewelry and decoration and to guarantee the value of currencies.
- Silver: A precious shiny grayish-white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 47.
- Copper: A red-brown metal, the chemical element of atomic number 29.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Miner
- Wikipedia's article - Miner
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