What is another word for collier?

Pronunciation: [kˈɒliə] (IPA)

Collier is a term generally used for someone who works in the coal industry. There are several synonyms available that can be used to replace the word collier. Some of the common synonyms include coal miner, coal worker, coal digger, pitman, and coal operator. Other terms that can be used to replace collier include coal handler, coal hauler, coal stoker, and coal merchant. These synonyms are generally used in a historical context and refer to the trade profession of the individual. Regardless of the specific term used, they all refer to someone who works with coal in some way.

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Usage examples for Collier

The plays denounced by collier continued to hold the stage, though more or less expurgated, throughout the century.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen
Bossuet could denounce the stage as well as collier.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen
collier was himself a Tory and a High Churchman, as was William Law, of the Serious Call, who also denounced the stage.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen

Famous quotes with Collier

  • The champions of liberty have the medal for any necklace. (Les champions de la liberte - Ont la medaille pour tout collier)
    Charles de LEUSSE
  • James Burford, collier and fitter, was the oldest soldier of all. When I first spoke to him in the trenches, he said: "Excuse me, sir, will you explain what this here arrangement is on the side of my rifle?" "That's the safety catch. Didn't you do a musketry-course at the depôt?" "No, sir, I was a re-enlisted man, and I spent only a fortnight there. The old Lee-Metford didn't have no safety-catch." I asked him when he had last fired a rifle. "In Egypt in 1882," he said. "Weren't you in the South African War?" "I tried to re-enlist, but they told me I was too old, sir... My real age is sixty-three."
    Robert Graves
  • The collier's wife had four tall sons Brought from the pit's mouth dead, And crushed from foot to head
    William Henry Davies

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