collier
Use Collier in a sentence
yər noun
1.
a ship for carrying coal.
2.
a coal miner.
3.
Obsolete. a person who carries or sells coal.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a coal miner |
| 2. | a. a ship designed to transport coal |
| b. a member of its crew | |
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Word Origin & History
collier
1276, "charcoal maker and seller," from M.E. col (see coal). They were notorious for cheating. Sense of "ship for hauling coal" is from 1625.
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