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Webster 1913 Edition
Collier
1.
One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal.
2.
A vessel employed in the coal trade.
Webster 1828 Edition
Collier
COLLIER
, n.1.
A digger of coal; one who works in a coal-mine.2.
A coal-merchant or dealer in coal.3.
A coasting vessel employed in the coal trade, or in transporting coal from the ports where it is received from the mines, to the ports where it is purchased for consumption.Definition 2024
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English
Noun
The S.S. Wandle, a British collier, arriving on her maiden voyage at the Pool of London in London, England, UK
collier (plural colliers)
- A person in the business or occupation of producing (digging or mining coal or making charcoal) or in its transporting or commerce.
- 1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 224.
- 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, p. 224.
- (nautical) A vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal
- A nickname used by the traveller community, referring to a non-traveller
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Translations
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References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
French
Etymology
From Old French coler, from Late Latin collāre, from Latin collāris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.lje/
Noun
collier m (plural colliers)
- A necklace, string-shaped jewel worn around the neck
- collar (e.g. of a dog)
- collar (on animals, colored fur around the neck)
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Descendants
- Greek: κολιέ m (kolié, “necklace”)
References
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition