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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; coal, -ier 1

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's thought the pub's strange name derives from the fact that a collier - a ship carrying coal - from Whitby in North Yorkshire used to moor regularly beside the pub.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2017

Red-bearded son of a Derbyshire collier, he was famed for his sincerity, psychological subtlety.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Now you sit right down there," continued the collier, when they had moved a few yards, "and you will get the sight of your eyes in a bit."

From The New Rector by Weyman, Stanley John

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