coalminer

English

Etymology

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

Noun

coalminer (plural coalminers)

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

   Hypernyms: miner, mineworker

   Coordinate terms: (usually coordinate) coalowner, mineowner

   Near-synonyms: coalworker, collier

Translations

one who mines for coal

• Bulgarian: въглекопач m (vǎglekopač)
• Dutch: kolenmijnwerker m, kolenmijner m (rare)
• Finnish: hiilikaivoksen työntekijä, hiilikaivostyöläinen, hiilikaivosmies
• French: mineur de charbonnage m, houilleur (fr) m
• German: Kohlenbergmann m, Kohlenbergarbeiter m
• Greek: ανθρακωρύχος (el) m (anthrakorýchos)
• Hungarian: szénbányász (hu), kőszénbányász, vájár (hu)
• Irish: mianadóir guail m
• Polish: górnik (pl) m
• Romanian: cărbunar (ro) m
• Russian: у́гольщик (ru) m (úgolʹščik)
• Turkish: kömürcü (tr)

See also

• coal cracker