collier
noun
a ship for carrying coal.
collier
1 American
[kol-yer]
/ ˈkɒl jər /
noun
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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.
Collier
2
American
[kol-yer]
/ ˈkɒl jər /
noun
collier
British
/ ˈkɒlɪə /
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
Vocabulary lists containing 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
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
With seven volunteers aboard the stripped old collier Merrimac* he steamed up to the harbor in the dark of the moon on June 3.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr Amos Entwistle is a working collier, and is rightly regarded by both parties as a safe man.
From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian
Collier, the litigation over conditions at the Wallace Pack Unit that settled in 2018.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
To the book’s heartsick narrator, Louise Brown, the man who embodies those old-fashioned virtues is Claude Collier, the 27-year-old layabout scion of an aristocratic New Orleans clan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Zecca made his first court appearance at the Collier County Courthouse on Wednesday and is due back for an arraignment hearing in March.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
Grammy Award-winning artist, composer and producer Jacob Collier has told the BBC that singing together can combat social isolation in young people and "bypass the artificial digital boundaries created around us".
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
In 1954, Whitcomb would take home Langleys third Collier Trophy in less than a decade.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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