Etymology

collier

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Middle English colier ← Old English *colere
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collier · noun1

  1. Old English · inherited from*colere“collier”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromcolier
  3. English todaycollier

From Middle English colier, colyer, alteration of earlier coler, collere (“one who makes or sells charcoal”), from Old English *colere (“collier”), equivalent to coal + -ier.

Collier · proper noun2

Derived from the name of occupation - collier (“charcoal burner”).

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