collier
A person who produces or sells coal, or transports it from underground, from the soil,…A person in the business or occupation of producing or distributing coal (any of several types of carbon fuel).: A person who produces (e.g., digs, mines, gathers) or sells coal (the fossil fuel type), or transports it from underground, from the soil, or from a seashore.
» The collier spent his days deep underground, mining coal in dangerous conditions.
Meaning
5 sensesA person in the business or occupation of producing or distributing coal (any of several types of carbon fuel).
(dated, historical)A person who produces (e.g., digs, mines, gathers) or sells coal (the fossil fuel type), or transports it from underground, from the soil, or from a seashore.
Near-synonyms: coalminer, coalworker; coalowner, mineowner
(dated, historical)A person in the business or occupation of producing (and selling) charcoal.
A vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal.
A sailor on such a vessel.
Kohlenschiff
у́гольщикúgolʹščik
(slang)A non-traveller.
- someone who works in a coal mine
Examples
4 sentencesThe collier spent his days deep underground, mining coal in dangerous conditions.
A weary collier emerged from the pit, his face blackened with soot and sweat.
The ship was a collier, built to carry tons of coal along the coast.
The village was built around the mine, and nearly every man there was a collier.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English colier, colyer, alteration of earlier coler, collere (“one who makes oFrom Middle English colier, colyer, alteration of earlier coler, collere (“one who makes or sells charcoal”), from Old English *colere (“collier”), equivalent to coal + -ier.
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Forms
plural: colliersSynonyms
7 synonyms- someone who works in a coal mine:coal miner