collier
/ˈkɒlɪə(ɹ)/ · noun
Meaning
- 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.
- A person in the business or occupation of producing (and selling) charcoal.
- A vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal.
- A sailor on such a vessel.
- A non-traveller.
- A surname originating as an occupation.
- An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Georgia, United States.
- A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Etymology / origin
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.
- *colere(ang)→
- colier(enm)→
- collier (English)
- Relations: inh, inh
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