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Collier
proper noun
a surname
Etymology:
Derived from the name of occupation - collier, a coal miner
collier
noun
A person in the business or occupation of producing (digging or mining coal or making charcoal) or in its transporting or commerce.
Quotations
1957
: For this reason, the collier took constant care to keep the covering of earth in good order. — H.R. Schubert,
History of the British Iron and Steel Industry
, p. 224.
(
nautical
) A vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal
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