digger

Noun
US[dig-er]/ˈdɪɡɚ/2 syllables
Synonyms: power shovelexcavatorshovel

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)diggers

  1. a laborer who digsType of laborer, manual laborerKinds ditch digger, trencher
  2. a machine for excavatingSynonyms: power shovelexcavatorshovelType of machineKinds steam shovel, backhoe, dredge

Related words dig verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Dig′ger noun

One who, or that which, digs.

Digger wasp Zoology, any one of the fossorial Hymenoptera.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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