Coalminers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A group of individuals engaged in the extraction of coal from underground deposits for energy or industrial use
2. Workers who dig and gather coal from mines, contributing to energy production and economic activities
3. Laborers specialized in tunneling and extracting coal resources, essential for powering industries and homes

Etymology: "Coalminers" is the plural of "coalminer", a compound of "coal" and "miner", or alternatively of "coal mine" plus the agent suffix "-er". The formation is transparent: a coalminer is literally one who mines coal, and the word follows the same pattern as other occupational compounds in English, where a substance or place is joined to "miner" or "-er" to name the worker. Its plural simply adds "-s", so the form carries no separate history of its own.

Synonyms: miners, digger