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collier

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col·lier  (klyr)
n.
1. A coal miner.
2. A coal ship.

[Middle English colier, from col, coal, from Old English.]

collier [ˈkɒlɪə]
n Chiefly Brit
1. (Mining & Quarrying) a coal miner
2. (Transport / Nautical Terms)
a.  a ship designed to transport coal
b.  a member of its crew
[from coal + -ier]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.colliercollier - someone who works in a coal mine    
miner, mineworker - laborer who works in a mine
Translations
collier [ˈkɒlɪəʳ] N
1. (= miner) → minero m (de carbón)
2. (= ship) → barco m carbonero

collier
n
Bergmann m, → Kumpel m (inf)
(= coal ship)Kohlenschiff nt

collier [ˈkɒlɪəʳ] nminatore m (di carbone)
collier [ˈkɒlɪəʳ] nminatore m (di carbone)

collier
n collier [ˈkoliə]
a person who works in a coalmine Collier is another word for a coalminer. steenkoolwerker عامِل في مَنْجَم миньор horník kulminearbejder der Bergmann ανθρακωρύχος minero söekaevur کارگر معدن زغال سنگ hiilikaivostyöläinen mineur (de charbon) כּוֹרֶה कोयले की खान मे काम करने वाला kopač ugljena szénbányász penambang kolanámumaður minatore 炭鉱夫 탄갱부 angliakasys ogļracis pelombong batu arang mijnwerker kullgruvearbeider górnik mineiro miner углекоп baník (premogovniški) rudar rudar kolgruvearbetare คนขุดถ่านหิน maden kömür işçisi (煤礦工人 вуглекоп, шахтар کوئلے کی کان میں کام کرنے والا thợ mỏ
n colliery
a coalmine. steenkoolmyn مَنْجَم فَحْم حَجَري мина uhelný důl kulmine die Kohlengrube ανθρακωρυχείο mina de carbón söekaevandus معدن زغال سنگ و تجهیزات آن hiilikaivos mine (de charbon) מִכרֶה कोयले की खान ugljenokop szénbánya tambang kolanáma miniera (di carbone) 炭鉱 탄갱 anglių kasykla ogļraktuve lombong batu arang kolenmijn kullgruve kopalnia mina de carvão mină (de cărbune) каменноугольная копь uhoľná baňa premogovnik rudnik kolgruva เหมืองถ่านหิน maden kömür ocağı 煤礦場 вугільна копальня کوئلے کی کان mỏ than


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I knew a nobleman in England, that had the greatest audits of any man in my time; a great grazier, a great sheep-master, a great timber man, a great collier, a great corn-master, a great lead-man, and so of iron, and a number of the like points of husbandry.
Twice Strickland refused a berth on tramps sailing for the United States, and once on a collier going to Newcastle.
The growing indignation was voiced from time to time in published protests, of which the last, in 1698, was the over-zealous but powerful 'Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage' by Jeremy Collier, which carried the more weight because the author was not a Puritan but a High-Church bishop and partisan of the Stuarts.
 
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