collier
1 Americannoun
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a ship for carrying coal.
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a coal miner.
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Obsolete. a person who carries or sells coal.
noun
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a coal miner
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a ship designed to transport coal
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a member of its crew
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Etymology
Origin of collier
Example Sentences
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My grandfather had been a collier in northern England, my father a career Marine sergeant.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2021
It looked to him as though the collier was heading straight for the smaller boat but he thought little of it, having faith the Bywell Castle would alter its path.
From BBC • Sep. 2, 2018
The Bywell Castle ploughed straight into the starboard side of the Princess Alice, which weighed less than a third of the 890-ton collier.
From BBC • Sep. 2, 2018
He was deeply impressed by the tragedy of the Empress of Ireland, which had collided with a Norwegian collier in 1914 and with water pouring into her hold had capsized.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another story of the Bishop's grandfather follows: My grandfather was once baptizing a small collier boy of three or four years old at Workington.
From Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How by How, Frederick Douglas
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