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Synonyms for collier

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Noun

1. Coal miner — A person in the business or occupation of producing or distributing coal (any of several types of carbon…

coal miner, coalworker, mineowner, coalowner

Definitions

  1. n. 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.

    Near-synonyms: coalminer, coalworker; coalowner, mineowner

Related words

Word family
colliery

Forms

Plural
colliers → coalworkers, mineowners, coalowners, coalers…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
collierfalling
mineownerfalling
coalownersteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
coaler
9 letters
mineowner3, coalowner
10 letters
coalworker

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mineowner3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
charbonnier