Definition of "collier" [col•lier]

• A coal miner. (noun)
• A coal ship. (noun)

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• "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."
• "Macarthur Coal Ltd, raising the ante in the battle for the collier which is now at the centre of three takeover bids."
• "Very soon after the pilot left, Captain Henry George Kendall, on his first trip with the Empress, saw a low-lying collier coming up the river."