collier

[ kol-yer ]

/ ˈkɒl yər /

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noun

a ship for carrying coal.

a coal miner.

Obsolete. a person who carries or sells coal.

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Origin of collier

1300–50; Middle English coliere;see coal, -ier¹

Words nearby collier

colliculus, collide, collider, colliding-beam machine, collie, collier, colliery, collieshangie, colligate, colligative, collimate

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Collier

[ kol-yer ]

/ ˈkɒl yər /

noun

Jeremy, 1650–1726, English clergyman and author.

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How to use collier in a sentence

If you must listen, “In My Bones” is meant to squiggle like a vintage Prince song, so at least Collier can locate one cardinal point.
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The scouting report for playing the Longhorns starts with figuring out a way to slow Collier at all costs.
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Eventually, Collier identified the culprit as the Barcode Scanner.
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Collier, a career Beltway insider, was tasked with trying to bring the project back from the brink by making the EPA problem go away.
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Collier called him “the decision maker” and said they met weekly and had become something close to friends.
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By the time Collier's turned "Ocean" down, Salinger's book was pretty much complete.
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Their fourth victim, MIT police officer Sean Collier, was shot to death.
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As for specifics of what happens between the two, James-Collier was decidedly coy.
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The Daily Pic: Anne Collier borrows images, and their contexts.
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"You can't compare babies to amnesiac adults," says Rovee-Collier.
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If the Collier were a Radical, how coal-black the portraits would come out!
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, July 27, 1895|Various
Considering the number and character of the emendations in Mr. Collier's volume, I have the less hesitation in proposing this one.
Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853|Various
Morgan's men were hardly out of sight on the Richmond road when Colonel Collier and the militia appeared.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War|Various
Her father is a collier and lives as most of them do—drinking, rioting, fighting.
That Lass O' Lowrie's|Frances Hodgson Burnett
The scenario, like the plat described for us by Malone and Collier, was hung up behind the stage.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first|Count Carlo Gozzi

British Dictionary definitions for collier

collier

/ (ˈkɒlɪə) /

noun mainly British

a coal miner

a ship designed to transport coal
a member of its crew

Word Origin for collier

C14: from coal + -ier

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