People who dig minerals or coal from the earth as their job; workers who extract valuable resources from underground.
From 'mine' (a pit dug for extracting minerals), which comes from Old French 'mine,' possibly from Celtic origins. The '-er' suffix indicates a person who does the mining.
Miners were some of history's most important workers, but they often worked in dangerous, dark conditions underground. Many coal miners suffered lung diseases, and that struggle is why coal miners became symbols of worker's rights movements.
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