collier
noun/ˈkɒlɪə(ɹ)/UK/ˈkɑliɚ/US/ˈkɔlɪjə(ɹ)/
Etymology
From Middle English colier (“charcoal burner”), from col (“coal”) + -ier.
- inherited from colier
Definitions
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
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.
A sailor on such a vessel.
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A non-traveller.
A surname originating as an occupation.
An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Georgia, United States.
A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
The neighborhood
- neighborCollier Street
- neighborColliers Wood
- neighborcolliery
- neighbormineral coal
- neighborseacoal
- neighborcollie
Derived
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA