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    collier
    noun
    a ship for carrying coal.
  • Collier
    Collier
    noun
    Jeremy, 1650–1726, English clergyman and author.
Synonyms

collier

1 American  
[kol-yer] / ˈkɒl yər /

noun

  1. a ship for carrying coal.

  2. a coal miner.

  3. Obsolete. a person who carries or sells coal.

Collier 2 American  
[kol-yer] / ˈkɒl yər /

noun

  1. Jeremy, 1650–1726, English clergyman and author.

collier British  
/ ˈkɒlɪə /

noun

  1. a coal miner

    1. a ship designed to transport coal

    2. a member of its crew

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Etymology

Origin of collier

1300–50; Middle English coliere; see coal, -ier 1

Vocabulary lists containing collier

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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

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

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

A collier broke from its pier at North Weymouth, Mass., was blown across the Fare River, crashed into another wharf.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her bows were lumbered with ice feet thick, and from stem to stern there was no more liveliness in the good Arrandoon than there is in a Dutch collier.

From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Stables, Gordon

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