collier
See also: Collier
Contents
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English colier, from col (“coal”)
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒlɪə(ɹ)/
- (US) enPR: kälʹē-ər, IPA(key): /ˈkɑliɚ/
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NounEdit
The S.S. Wandle, a British collier, arriving on her maiden voyage at the Pool of London in London, England, UK
collier (plural colliers)
- A person in the business or occupation of producing (digging or mining) coal or making charcoal or in its transporting or commerce.
- 1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 224.
- For this reason, the collier took constant care to keep the covering of earth in good order.
- 1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 224.
- (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.
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TranslationsEdit
person
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ReferencesEdit
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French coler, from Late Latin collāre, from Latin collāris.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
collier m (plural colliers)
- A necklace, string-shaped jewel worn around the neck
- collar (e.g. of a dog)
- collar (on animals, colored fur around the neck)
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DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
Further readingEdit
- “collier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).