mineur

Definitions of mineur
  1. noun
    laborer who works in a mine
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    types:
    chercheur d'or
    a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field
    type of:
    travailleur manuel
    someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
  2. noun
    someone who works in a coal mine
  3. noun
    a young person of either sex
    synonyms: enfant
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    enfant adoptif, enfant adoptive
    a child who is raised by foster parents
    espiègle, fripon, garnement
    one who is playfully mischievous
    gosse
    a young child
    orphelin
    a child who has lost both parents
    bout de chou, môme, tout-petit
    a young child
    morveuse, morveux
    a very troublesome child
    type of:
    jeune
    a young person, not fully developed
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