"Digger" meaning in English

See Digger in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɪɡɚ/ [General-American], /ˈdɪɡə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: Diggers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ) Etymology: * Derived from Australian Colonial goldfields terminology. The term represents the mateship of common interests and activities where most of the population were gold miners, and almost everybody was a mate, a "digger", with a common cause against the troopers, the traps, the mining licence inspectors. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Digger (plural Diggers)
  1. A soldier from Australia or New Zealand.
    Sense id: en-Digger-en-noun-HMnvyQwX
  2. (historical) One of a group of Protestant English agrarian communists, begun by Gerrard Winstanley as "True Levellers" in 1649. Tags: historical Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-Digger-en-noun-MRG0F5gB Disambiguation of People: 18 37 25 19 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er (occupation), Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (occupation): 7 43 38 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 11 36 12 1 30
  3. (obsolete, derogatory) One of a degraded tribe of California Native Americans who dug up roots for food. Tags: derogatory, obsolete
    Sense id: en-Digger-en-noun-KzULN7pC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English terms suffixed with -er (occupation), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 26 45 23 Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 24 24 39 13 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 23 24 40 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (occupation): 7 43 38 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 20 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 11 36 12 1 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 12 41 16 1 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɪɡɚ/ [General-American], /ˈdɪɡə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: Diggers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ) Etymology: From Digg + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Digg|er|id2=occupation}} Digg + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} Digger (plural Diggers)
  1. (Internet) A user of the American news aggregator Digg. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-Digger-en-noun-rt9eruvX Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er (occupation), Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (occupation): 7 43 38 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 11 36 12 1 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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