collier
/ˈkɒlɪə(ɹ)/US/ˈkɑliɚ/
collier noun: 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.
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Noun
collier (plural colliers)
- 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 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.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 283
- No caps were touched, no curtseys bobbed. The colliers merely stared; the tradesmen lifted their caps to Connie as to an acquaintance, and nodded awkwardly to Clifford; that was all. [...] It was not that she and Clifford were unpopular, they merely belonged to another species altogether from the...1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- coalminer, coalworker, coalowner, mineowner
- A person in the business or occupation of producing (and selling) charcoal.
- For this reason, the collier took constant care to keep the covering of earth in good order.1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, page 224
- Synonyms:
- charcoal burner
- 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.2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 42
- Synonyms:
- coaler
- A sailor on such a vessel.
- A non-traveller.
Proper noun capitalized: Collier
Collier
- A surname originating as an occupation.
- An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Georgia, United States.
- A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
collier meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
collier in Hindi
- कोलियर, कॉलियर, कोलीयर
collier in Tamil
- கொலியர்
collier in Marathi
- कोलियर, कोळियर, कॉलियर
collier in Urdu
- کولئیر, کولیئر, کالئیر
More languagesFewer languages
- collier in Bengali
- কয়লা খনির শ্রমিক, কয়লা ব্যবসায়ী
- collier in Telugu
- కోలియర్, కొల్లియర్
- collier in Malayalam
- കൽക്കരിഖനി തൊഴിലാളി, കല്ക്കരിക്കപ്പൽ
- collier in Kannada
- ಕಾಲಿಯರ್, ಕೋಲಿಯರ್
- collier in Punjabi
- ਕੋਲੀਅਰ
- collier in Gujarati
- કોલિયર, કોલિયેર
- collier in Odia
- କୋଲିଯ଼ର୍, କୋଲିଯ଼ର, କଲିଯ଼ର୍
- collier in Nepali
- कोल्लियर
Synonyms of collier
Forms of collier
| plural | colliers |
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Origin of collier
From Middle English colier, colyer, alteration of earlier coler, collere (“one who makes or sells charcoal”), from Old English *colere (“collier”), equivalent to coal + -ier.
Derived from the name of occupation - collier (“charcoal burner”).
Words formed from collier
Questions about collier
- What does collier mean?
- Collier means 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.
- What is collier in Hindi?
- Collier in Hindi is कोलियर, कॉलियर, कोलीयर. See Collier meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is collier?
- Collier can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce collier?
- Collier is pronounced /ˈkɒlɪə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of collier?
- The plural of collier is colliers.
Words near collier in the dictionary
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