Pronunciation IPA (key): /maɪnə/ Audio (US)(file) Homophone: minor Noun Singular miner Plural miners (countable) A miner is a person who works in a mine. They go into a deep tunnel in the earth to get diamonds, coal, silver, gold or other minerals. It was difficult for the miners to come out of the mine after some rocks fell in the tunnel. Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.Remove ads