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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 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

Oncost, on′kost, n. all charges for labour in getting mineral, other than the miners' wages: payment to the collier in addition to the rate per ton.—n.pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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