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  collier

  noun

  a ship for carrying coal.
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  Collier

  noun

  Jeremy, 1650–1726, English clergyman and author.

collier

¹ American  

[kol-yer] / ˈkɒl jər /

noun

1. a ship for carrying coal.

2. a coal miner.

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

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Collier ² American  

[kol-yer] / ˈkɒl jər /

noun

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

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collier British  

/ ˈkɒlɪə /

noun

1. a coal miner

2. 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

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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

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

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

Surgeon Miller recalled the 1914 ramming of the Empress of Ireland in the St. Lawrence River by a Danish collier, whose panicked captain rashly backed away, left the liner with a gaping hole.

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 Ian Hay

Chris Collier, who has been contacted for comment, will now sit as an independent cabinet member on the Labour-Green alliance that was formed to run the council in May 2023.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Monique Collier, 37, a firefighter in the Washington, D.C., area, used to do 100 curls a week, but has since dropped down to 48 hammer curls once a week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Collier, the litigation over conditions at the Wallace Pack Unit that settled in 2018.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026

Zampella, a formative figure in the modern gaming scene, co-founded the original “Call of Duty” studio Infinity Ward in 2002 with Jason West and former creative partner Grant Collier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

Samuel Collier, by then a grown man, was recognized for his knowledge, skills, and ability to communicate with the natives in their own language.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

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