"collier" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒlɪə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑliɚ/ [US] Audio: en-uk-collier.ogg Forms: colliers [plural]
enPR: kälʹē-ər [US] Etymology: From Middle English colier (“charcoal burner”), from col (“coal”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|colier||charcoal burner}} Middle English colier (“charcoal burner”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} collier (plural colliers)
  1. A person in the business or occupation of producing or distributing coal (any of several types of carbon fuel).
    A person who produces (e.g., digs, mines, gathers) or sells coal (the fossil fuel type), or transports it from underground, from the soil, or from a seashore.
    Categories (topical): Coal, Watercraft
    Sense id: en-collier-en-noun-en:person_who_produces_or_distributes_coals_of_any_type Disambiguation of Coal: 34 21 34 2 9 Disambiguation of Watercraft: 11 6 41 37 5 Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 28 34 4 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 20 29 31 4 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 22 30 29 4 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 20 30 30 5 15
  2. A person in the business or occupation of producing or distributing coal (any of several types of carbon fuel).
    (dated or historical) A person in the business or occupation of producing (and selling) charcoal.
    Tags: dated, historical Categories (topical): Coal, Occupations, People Synonyms: charcoal burner
    Sense id: en-collier-en-noun-en:person_who_produces_or_distributes_coals_of_any_type1 Disambiguation of Coal: 34 21 34 2 9 Disambiguation of Occupations: 19 60 14 1 6 Disambiguation of People: 22 78 1 0 0 Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 28 34 4 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 20 29 31 4 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 22 30 29 4 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 20 30 30 5 15
  3. (nautical) A vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal. Categories (topical): Nautical, Coal, Watercraft Synonyms: coaler Translations (crew member on a coalship): 煤船員 /煤船员 (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-collier-en-noun-en:ship_carrying_coal_cargo Disambiguation of Coal: 34 21 34 2 9 Disambiguation of Watercraft: 11 6 41 37 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 20 39 2 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 21 40 5 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 28 34 4 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 21 19 36 6 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 20 19 38 5 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 23 19 36 6 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 20 29 31 4 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 20 19 38 4 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 22 30 29 4 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 20 30 30 5 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 19 38 4 19 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'crew member on a coalship': 16 20 40 7 17
  4. (nautical) A sailor on such a vessel. Categories (topical): Nautical, Watercraft Translations (vessel): въглевоз (vǎglevoz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kolenschip [neuter] (Dutch), koolschip [neuter] (Dutch), charbonnier [masculine] (French), ανθρακοφόρο (anthrakofóro) [neuter] (Greek), καρβουνιάρικο (karvouniáriko) (Greek), bád guail [masculine] (Irish), pota guail [masculine] (Irish), soitheach guail [masculine] (Irish), carboniera [feminine] (Italian), węglowiec [masculine] (Polish), у́гольщик (úgolʹščik) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-collier-en-noun-en:mariner_on_a_ship_for_coal_as_cargo Disambiguation of Watercraft: 11 6 41 37 5 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'vessel': 0 0 45 55 0
  5. (slang, used by the traveller community) A non-traveller. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-collier-en-noun-en:person_of_non_traveller_group_belonging Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 28 34 4 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 20 29 31 4 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 22 30 29 4 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 20 30 30 5 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Colliers Wood, colliery, mineral coal, seacoal, collie (english: possibly related)

Inflected forms

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      "form": "colliers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "collier (plural colliers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Colliers Wood"
    },
    {
      "word": "colliery"
    },
    {
      "word": "mineral coal"
    },
    {
      "word": "seacoal"
    },
    {
      "english": "possibly related",
      "word": "collie"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonyms: coalminer, coalworker; coalowner, mineowner"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person in the business or occupation of producing or distributing coal (any of several types of carbon fuel).",
        "A person who produces (e.g., digs, mines, gathers) or sells coal (the fossil fuel type), or transports it from underground, from the soil, or from a seashore."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "coal",
          "coal"
        ],
        [
          "carbon",
          "carbon"
        ],
        [
          "fuel",
          "fuel"
        ],
        [
          "fossil fuel",
          "fossil fuel"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:person who produces or distributes coals of any type",
        "en:person who produces or distributes fossil coal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, page 224:",
          "text": "For this reason, the collier took constant care to keep the covering of earth in good order.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person in the business or occupation of producing or distributing coal (any of several types of carbon fuel).",
        "A person in the business or occupation of producing (and selling) charcoal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "coal",
          "coal"
        ],
        [
          "carbon",
          "carbon"
        ],
        [
          "fuel",
          "fuel"
        ],
        [
          "charcoal",
          "charcoal"
        ]
      ],
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        "A person in the business or occupation of producing or distributing coal (any of several types of carbon fuel).",
        "(dated or historical) A person in the business or occupation of producing (and selling) charcoal."
      ],
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        "en:person who produces or distributes coals of any type",
        "en:person who produces or distributes charcoal"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "charcoal burner"
        }
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        "dated",
        "historical"
      ]
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 42:",
          "text": "By 1830, more than two million tons of coal a year, principally from the North East, arrived in London by coastal collier, and that figure reached three million tons by the 1840s.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal."
      ],
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        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "vessel",
          "vessel"
        ],
        [
          "bulk",
          "bulk"
        ],
        [
          "cargo",
          "cargo"
        ],
        [
          "coal",
          "coal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) A vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:ship carrying coal cargo"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "coaler"
        }
      ],
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        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sailor on such a vessel."
      ],
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        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "sailor",
          "sailor"
        ]
      ],
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        "(nautical) A sailor on such a vessel."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:mariner on a ship for coal as cargo"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A non-traveller."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "traveller",
          "traveller"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, used by the traveller community) A non-traveller."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "used by the traveller community"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:person of non-traveller group belonging"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɒlɪə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "kälʹē-ər",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑliɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "crew member on a coalship",
      "word": "煤船員 /煤船员"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎglevoz",
      "sense": "vessel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "въглевоз"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "vessel",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kolenschip"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "vessel",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "koolschip"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "vessel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "charbonnier"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anthrakofóro",
      "sense": "vessel",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ανθρακοφόρο"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "karvouniáriko",
      "sense": "vessel",
      "word": "καρβουνιάρικο"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "vessel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bád guail"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "vessel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pota guail"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "vessel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "soitheach guail"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "vessel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carboniera"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "vessel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "węglowiec"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "úgolʹščik",
      "sense": "vessel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "у́гольщик"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "London",
    "collier"
  ],
  "word": "collier"
}

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