mineur

Definitions of mineur
  1. noun
    a young person of either sex
    synonyms: bijvak, bokje, broed, broedsel, ding, keutel, kind, leggoed, minderbroeder, minderjarige, minoriet, nageltang, peuter, pootgoed, pootvis, visbroed, visbroed(sel), wicht
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    pleegkind
    a child who is raised by foster parents
    duiveltje, duveltje
    one who is playfully mischievous
    wees, weesjongen, weeskind, weesmeisje
    a child who has lost both parents
    kleuter, peuter, wicht
    a young child
    schoffie, straatjongen
    a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas
    enfant terrible, rotjong
    a very troublesome child
    type of:
    jeugdboek, kinderboek
    a young person, not fully developed
  2. noun
    laborer who works in a mine
    synonyms: houwer, koempel, kompel, mijnwerker
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    houwer, koempel, kompel, mijnwerker
    someone who works in a coal mine
    gouddelver
    a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field
    type of:
    arbeider, handarbeider, loonarbeider, werkman
    someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
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