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holer

9.4

A person who digs holes in the ground or wood

noun
/ˈhoʊlər/

: excavador

The experienced holer finished the job quickly, ensuring that the holes were exactly the right depth.
a nine-holer
an 18-holer

Examples

As a professional holer, she worked on construction sites, creating holes for foundations.
In March, the city of Dallas began $4.8 million in renovations to the L.B. Houston Golf Course, the 18-holer in the northwesternmost corner of the city.

Blog text (29)
The holer carefully dug a deep hole for the new tree in the garden.

Synonyms

digger

vsholer

16 2.8

A person who digs holes or trenches as their job

focuses specifically on making smaller holes rather than general digging tasks

burrower

vsholer

3 3.7

An animal or person that digs tunnels in the ground to live in and to hide from danger

is a human job focused on making utility or work-related holes rather than shelters

shoveler

vsholer

1 3.6

A person who uses a digging tool to move snow or soil

concentrates on making holes as a primary task rather than general clearing

sandhog

vsholer

Jargon

1 9.6

A worker who digs tunnels underground to build subways

involves single hole making rather than prolonged underground construction

driller

vsholer

1 3.4

A tool or person that makes holes in wood, metal and concrete

is about manual hole making in ground or materials rather than only drilling

excavator

vsholer

1 4.5

A person who digs earth or rock for building foundations

is smaller in scale, mainly making individual holes rather than large excavations

grubber

vsholer

1 7.4

A person or tool that digs in the ground to find things

is more narrowly the role of making holes rather than searching while digging

tunneler

vsholer

1 4.1

A person or machine that digs tunnels underground

is limited to making discrete holes rather than building long tunnels

delver

vsholer

1 8.9

A person who digs the ground for work, like a miner or archaeologist

is narrower, aimed at creating distinct holes rather than general excavation

spader

vsholer

7.6

A person who digs or turns soil with a spade

focuses on creating holes specifically rather than general soil preparation

hoer

vsholer

7.9

A person who uses a hoe to dig and remove weeds

is focused on creating holes rather than cultivation or weeding tasks

hollower

vsholer

Specialized

8.9

A person or tool that removes the inside of something to make it hollow

applies to creating through-holes in ground or materials rather than hollowing objects

Surface Forms

holer singular

holers plural

Morphology

holer = hole (transparent) = hole + er

The word is transparently formed from 'hole' plus the agentive/instrumental suffix '-er', referring to a person or thing that makes holes.

Etymology

Holer comes from the simple word hole, meaning 'a hollow', plus the ending -er, meaning 'one who does', as in baker. So a holer is 'one who makes holes', which explains why it names a person who digs or makes holes.