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collier
/ˈkɒlɪə(ɹ)/
noun 5name 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
coastal, constant, weary
VERB + COLLIER
reason, ship
COLLIER + NOUN
days
PREP.
from
Definitions
noun
1
A person in the business or occupation of producing or distributing coal (any of several types of carbon fuel).
Near-synonyms: coalminer, coalworker; coalowner, mineowner
2
A person in the business or occupation of producing or distributing coal (any of several types of carbon fuel).
For this reason, the collier took constant care to keep the covering of earth in good order.
3
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.
4
A sailor on such a vessel.
5
A non-traveller.
name
1
A surname originating as an occupation.
2
An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Georgia, United States.
3
A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — someone who works in a coal mine
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Near-synonyms: coalminer, coalworker; coalowner, mineowner
Wiktionary02
For this reason, the collier took constant care to keep the covering of earth in good order.
Wiktionary03
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.
Wiktionary04
The collier spent his days deep underground, mining coal in dangerous conditions.
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A weary collier emerged from the pit, his face blackened with soot and sweat.
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The village was built around the mine, and nearly every man there was a collier.
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