collier

noun
/ˈkɒlɪə(ɹ)/UK/ˈkɑliɚ/US/ˈkɔlɪjə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English colier (“charcoal burner”), from col (“coal”) + -ier.

  1. inherited from colier

Definitions

  1. A person in the business or occupation of producing or distributing coal (any of several…

    A person in the business or occupation of producing or distributing coal (any of several types of carbon fuel).

    • The Black Dwarfs wear black jackets and caps, are not handsome like the others, but on the contrary are horridly ugly, with weeping eyes, like blacksmiths and colliers.
    • Near-synonyms: coalminer, coalworker; coalowner, mineowner
  2. A vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal.

    • By 1830, more than two million tons of coal a year, principally from the North East, arrived in London by coastal collier, and that figure reached three million tons by the 1840s.
  3. A sailor on such a vessel.

  4. + 4 more definitions
    1. A non-traveller.

    2. A surname originating as an occupation.

    3. An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Georgia, United States.

    4. A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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