mine-huntern.

Brit.

/ˈmʌɪn ˌhʌntə/, U.S.

/ˈmaɪn ˌ(h)ən(t)ər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mine n., hunter n.

Etymology: < mine n. + hunter n.; probably formed independently in senses 1 and 2. With sense 2 compare mine-hunting n. and mine-hunt v., both earlier in this sense; compare also earlier minesweeper n.

†1. U.S. A person who searches for mineral deposits; a prospector. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > prospector

mine-hunter1722

prospector1846

1722 P. Lloyd Let. 19 July in Calvert Papers (1894) II. 26 The Mine upon the Susquehanna hath made such a Noise in the World, tht. the Woods are now full of Mine hunters.

1849 Littell's Living Age 20 Oct. 120/2 I remember him when he was only a poor buscon—a common mine-hunter.

1874 Scribner's Monthly May 44/2 Don Diaz Gana succeeded in interesting the Baron de la Rivière in an exploring expedition... The former engaged the ‘Cateadores’, mine-hunters.

2. A warship used for detecting and destroying mines; a minesweeper.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > mine-sweeper

minesweeper1904

sweeper1915

M/S1923

R-boat1942

mine-hunter1964

1964 Navy News Nov. 5/5 After refitting and converting..H.M.S. Iveston commissioned on October 16th as a Coastal Minehunter.

1974 Times 18 Apr. 1/4 It is the diver's job to locate the unexploded bomb on the canal floor after it has been picked up by the mine-hunter's sonar equipment.

1988 Australian 15 June (Brisbane ed.) 1/2 Australia is on the verge of selling high-tech, navy-designed mine-hunter warships to Arab nations... The revolutionary mine-hunters..come equipped with mini-robot submarines which can track down and destroy enemy mines by remote control.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mine-hunter
释义	mine-huntern. Brit. /ˈmʌɪn ˌhʌntə/, U.S. /ˈmaɪn ˌ(h)ən(t)ər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mine n., hunter n. Etymology: < mine n. + hunter n.; probably formed independently in senses 1 and 2. With sense 2 compare mine-hunting n. and mine-hunt v., both earlier in this sense; compare also earlier minesweeper n. †1. U.S. A person who searches for mineral deposits; a prospector. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > prospector mine-hunter1722 prospector1846 1722 P. Lloyd Let. 19 July in Calvert Papers (1894) II. 26 The Mine upon the Susquehanna hath made such a Noise in the World, tht. the Woods are now full of Mine hunters. 1849 Littell's Living Age 20 Oct. 120/2 I remember him when he was only a poor buscon—a common mine-hunter. 1874 Scribner's Monthly May 44/2 Don Diaz Gana succeeded in interesting the Baron de la Rivière in an exploring expedition... The former engaged the ‘Cateadores’, mine-hunters. 2. A warship used for detecting and destroying mines; a minesweeper. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > mine-sweeper minesweeper1904 sweeper1915 M/S1923 R-boat1942 mine-hunter1964 1964 Navy News Nov. 5/5 After refitting and converting..H.M.S. Iveston commissioned on October 16th as a Coastal Minehunter. 1974 Times 18 Apr. 1/4 It is the diver's job to locate the unexploded bomb on the canal floor after it has been picked up by the mine-hunter's sonar equipment. 1988 Australian 15 June (Brisbane ed.) 1/2 Australia is on the verge of selling high-tech, navy-designed mine-hunter warships to Arab nations... The revolutionary mine-hunters..come equipped with mini-robot submarines which can track down and destroy enemy mines by remote control. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1722
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