noun.
A person in the business or occupation of producing (digging or mining coal or making charcoal) or in its transporting or commerce.
noun.
A vessel carrying a bulkcargo of coal
noun.
A nickname used by the traveller community, referring to a non-traveller
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noun.
someone who works in a coal mine
Word Usage
"Then I called the collier, and Wulfhere questioned him, and soon was glad as I that I had met with him, saying that in an hour we should be in safety."