name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
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"Near-synonyms: coalminer, coalworker; coalowner, mineowner"
"For this reason, the collier took constant care to keep the covering of earth in good order."
"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."
"The collier spent his days deep underground, mining coal in dangerous conditions."
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.
Common synonyms include: coal carrier, coal freighter, coal miner, coal ship, freighter, miner.
The collier spent his days deep underground, mining coal in dangerous conditions.
Pronounced /ˈkɒlɪə(ɹ)/.
From Middle English colier (“charcoal burner”), from col (“coal”).
Derived from the name of occupation - collier (“charcoal burner”).