collier

¹

[ kol-yer ]

noun

1. a ship for carrying coal.
2. a coal miner.
3. Obsolete. a person who carries or sells coal.

Collier

²

[ kol-yer ]

noun

1. Jeremy, 1650–1726, English clergyman and author.

collier

/ ˈkɒlɪə /

noun

1. a coal miner
2. 1. a ship designed to transport coal
   2. a member of its crew

Word History and Origins

Origin of collier¹

1300–50; Middle English coliere; coal, -ier ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of collier¹

C14: from coal + -ier

Example Sentences

If you must listen, “In My Bones” is meant to squiggle like a vintage Prince song, so at least Collier can locate one cardinal point.

From Washington Post

The scouting report for playing the Longhorns starts with figuring out a way to slow Collier at all costs.

From FiveThirtyEight

Eventually, Collier identified the culprit as the Barcode Scanner.

From Ars Technica

Collier, a career Beltway insider, was tasked with trying to bring the project back from the brink by making the EPA problem go away.

From Outside Online

Collier called him “the decision maker” and said they met weekly and had become something close to friends.

From Outside Online

By the time Collier's turned "Ocean" down, Salinger's book was pretty much complete.

From The Daily Beast

Their fourth victim, MIT police officer Sean Collier, was shot to death.

From The Daily Beast

As for specifics of what happens between the two, James-Collier was decidedly coy.

From The Daily Beast

The Daily Pic: Anne Collier borrows images, and their contexts.

From The Daily Beast

"You can't compare babies to amnesiac adults," says Rovee-Collier.

From The Daily Beast

If the Collier were a Radical, how coal-black the portraits would come out!

From Project Gutenberg

Considering the number and character of the emendations in Mr. Collier's volume, I have the less hesitation in proposing this one.

From Project Gutenberg

Morgan's men were hardly out of sight on the Richmond road when Colonel Collier and the militia appeared.

From Project Gutenberg

Her father is a collier and lives as most of them do—drinking, rioting, fighting.

From Project Gutenberg

The scenario, like the plat described for us by Malone and Collier, was hung up behind the stage.

From Project Gutenberg

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