mineworker C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈmaɪnˌwɝkər/ UK /ˈmaɪnˌwəːkə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person employed to extract minerals from a mine The mineworkers struck for better safety conditions underground. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person employed to... minercollierpitmandigger Word family Related forms mineminermining Etymology AI details A compound of mine (from Old French mine 'vein of ore', of Celtic origin) + worker (from work, Old English weorc). mine French weorc Old English View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # mineworker **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈmaɪnˌwɝkər/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈmaɪnˌwəːkə/ ## Meanings 1. a person employed to extract minerals from a mine ## Examples - The mineworkers struck for better safety conditions underground. ## Synonyms - miner - collier - pitman - digger ## Related Forms - mine - miner - mining ## Roots and Affixes - Root: mine - Root: weorc ## Etymology A compound of mine (from Old French mine 'vein of ore', of Celtic origin) + worker (from work, Old English weorc). ## AI Etymology Mineworker is a compound of mine (from Old French mine 'vein of ore', of Celtic origin) + worker (from work, Old English weorc). The etymological trail includes Old French mine, Old English weorc. The same word family includes mine, miner, mining. Its current noun use means "a person employed to extract minerals from a mine". ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown