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Colliers - English meaning

Colliers – definitions in English dictionary

noun

A coal miner.

Usage examples:

Consider also the colliers and pitmen and coal merchants and coal trains and the men who drive them…
noun

A ship carrying coal.

Usage examples:

It is an unusual design of ship, a collier with engine-room aft and wheelhouse amidships.

Colliers translation into English

Colliers: translate from English into Chinese

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矿工, 煤船, 煤船员, 煤矿工人

Colliers: translate from English into Dutch

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Colliers, Kolenschip, Kolenmijnwerker

Colliers: translate from English into French

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Charbonniers, Charbonnier, Mineur

Colliers: translate from English into German

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Colliers, Kohlenarbeiter, Bergmann, Kohlenschiff, Kumpel

Colliers: translate from English into Hindi

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कोलियर, खनक, खान-मज़दूर

Colliers: translate from English into Italian

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Minatori, Carboniera, Minatore

Colliers: translate from English into Korean

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콜리어, 갱부, 석탄선

Colliers: translate from English into Russian

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Угольщики, Угольщик, Шахтер, Углекоп, Матрос на угольщике

Colliers: translate from English into Spanish

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Mineros, Minero, Chocar minero

Word origin

Middle English: from coal + -ier. The original sense was ‘maker of charcoal’, who usually brought it to market, hence ‘person selling charcoal’, later ‘person selling coal’, whence the curren

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