collier
See also: Collier
English
Etymology
From Middle English colier, from col (“coal”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒlɪə(ɹ)/
- (US) enPR: kälʹē-ər, IPA(key): /ˈkɑliɚ/
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Noun
![](Images/wiktionary/SS_'Wandle'_(1932)_on_maiden_voyage.jpg.webp)
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.
- 2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 42:
- 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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- (nautical) A sailor on such a vessel.
- (slang, used by the traveller community) A non-traveller.
Related terms
- Colliers Wood
- colliery
Translations
person
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vessel
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References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Anagrams
- Coriell
Danish
Noun
collier c
- indefinite plural of collie
French
Etymology
From Old French coler, from Late Latin collāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.lje/
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Noun
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)
Derived terms
- collier de perles
- couleuvre à collier
Related terms
- cou m, col
Descendants
- → German: Kollier, Collier n
- → Greek: κολιέ m (kolié, “necklace”)
- → Russian: колье́ n (kolʹjé, “necklace”)
- → Turkish: kolye (“necklace”)
References
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
Further reading
- “collier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French collier.
Noun
collier m (invariable)
- a necklace, string-shaped jewel worn around the neck
Related terms
- collo m
Swedish
Noun
collier
- indefinite plural of collie.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French collier.
Noun
collier c
- a choker
Declension
Declension of collier | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | collier | colliern | collierer | colliererna |
Genitive | colliers | collierns | collierers | collierernas |
Declension of collier | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | collier | collieren | collierer | colliererna |
Genitive | colliers | collierens | collierers | collierernas |