digger

dig·ger  (dgr)

n.

1.

a. A person or animal that digs: a digger of gardens; a digger for information.

b. A tool or machine used for digging or excavating.

2. Informal

a. A soldier from Australia in World War I and World War II.

b. A soldier from New Zealand in World War I.

3. also Digger or Digger Indian Offensive Used as a disparaging term, especially in the 19th century, for a member of any of various Native American peoples of the Great Basin, such as the Utes, Paiutes, and Western Shoshones.

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[Sense 3, from their use of digging sticks as foraging tools.]

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digger [ˈdɪgə]

n

1. a person, animal, or machine that digs

2. (Mining & Quarrying) a miner, esp one who digs for gold

3. (Engineering / Tools) a tool or part of a machine used for excavation, esp a mechanical digger fitted with a head for digging trenches

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Digger [ˈdɪgə]

n

1. (Military) (sometimes not capital) Archaic slang

a.  an Australian or New Zealander, esp a soldier: often used as a term of address

b.  (as modifier) a Digger accent

2. one of a number of tribes of America whose diet was largely composed of roots dug out of the ground

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	digger - a laborer who digs                   ditch digger, mud digger - a laborer who digs ditches laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor trencher - someone who digs trenches
	2.	digger - a machine for excavating             power shovel, excavator, shovel backhoe - an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth dredge - a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed machine - any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks steam shovel - a power shovel that is driven by steam

Translations

digger [ˈdɪgəʳ] N

1. (= machine) → excavadora f; (= person) (Archeol) → excavador(a) m/f

2. (= Australian) → australiano/a m/f
see also ditch

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digger [ˈdɪgə^r] n (= machine) → excavateur m, excavatrice f

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digger

n

(person, = miner) → Bergmann m, → Goldgräber m; (= navvy) → Straßenarbeiter m; (Tech: = excavator) → Bagger m

(inf) → australischer/neuseeländischer Soldat; (Austral, inf, = pal) → Kumpel m

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digger [ˈdɪgəʳ] n (machine) → escavatore m

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digger [ˈdɪgəʳ] n (machine) → escavatore m

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digger → حفار bagr graver Bagger εκσκαφέας excavadora kaivukone pelleteuse kopač escavatore 掘削機 굴착기 graafmachine gravemaskin koparka escavadeira, escavadora экскаватор grävmaskin เครื่องมือที่ใช้ในการขุด ekskavatör máy đào 挖掘机