collier

IPA: kˈɑɫjɝ

A person in the business or occupation of producing (digging or mining) coal or making charcoal or in its transporting or commerce.
(nautical) A vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal.
(nautical) A sailor on such a vessel.
(slang, used by the traveller community) 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.

Examples of "collier" in Sentences

The collier boat is laden with coal.
I regret the comment in the Collier section.
The system was awarded the Collier Trophy in 2001.
This design led to the award of the Collier Trophy of 1933.
The artist John Collier was the younger son of the first Baron.
Collier Trophy sites do not give the specifics of the achievement.
The Collier material is a good example of the perils of quote mining.
Collier was called to the bar in 1843, and went on the western circuit.
Collier's attack occasioned a widespread, often vituperative controversy.
Collier patrolled the Mississippi River until the end of the American Civil War.