Definition of "digger" in English

noun

1. A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.

2. A tool for digging.

3. (slang) A spade (playing card).

4. One who digs.

5. (Australia, obsolete) A gold miner, one who digs for gold.

6. (Australia, informal) An Australian soldier.

7. (Australia, dated, by extension) a friendly term of address, especially to a man.

8. (US, offensive, ethnic slur, vulgar, slang, dated) A member of any Native American people in the western United States, especially Native Californians.