/dig"euhr/ , n.
1. a person or an animal that digs.
2. a tool, part of a machine, etc., for digging.
3. ( cap. ) Also called Digger Indian . a member of any of several Indian peoples of western North America, esp. of a tribe that dug roots for food.
4. an Australian or New Zealand soldier of World War I.
5. ( cap. ) Eng. Hist. a member of a group that advocated the abolition of private property and began in 1649 to cultivate certain common lands.
6. Slang. a person hired by a scalper to buy tickets to a show or performance for resale by the scalper at inflated prices.
[ 1400-50; late ME; see DIG 1 , -ER 1 ]