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haulier

noun
/ˈhɔːliə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English halyer, haliere, halere, equivalent to haul + -ier.

  1. inherited from halyer

Definitions

  1. A person or company engaged in the haulage of goods.

    • DB Cargo is the haulier for the Immingham-Drax flow. Its trains comprise purpose-built covered hoppers that can run at 60mph loaded and 75mph empty.
    • Hauliers are up in arms over higher tolls, while some doctors – including, from 9 January, specialists – could decide to close surgeries in support of the medical profession’s demands for more state support for an overloaded system.

  2. A miner who hauls coal from the coalface to the bottom of the shaft.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA