a person, animal, or large machine that digs earth

police used a digger to remove a layer of topsoil

a member of a group of radical dissenters formed in England in 1649 as an offshoot of the Levellers, believing in a form of agrarian communism in which common land would be made available to the poor

a man, especially a private soldier (often used as a friendly form of address)

how are you, Digger?