collier
pronunciation
How to pronounce collier in British English:
UK [ˈkɒliə(r)]
How to pronounce collier in American English:
US [ˈkɑliə(r)]
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- Noun:
- someone who works in a coal mine
Word Origin
- collier (n.)
- late 13c., collere "charcoal maker and seller," agent noun from Middle English col (see coal). They were notorious for cheating their customers. Sense of "ship for hauling coal" is from 1620s.
Example
- 1. So paul collier 's new book on democracy and conflict in poor countries is timely .
- 2. Did he always know collier was alive ?
- 3. Only thus , suggests collier , are the resource-poor countries ever likely to break into world markets for manufactures .
- 4. Mr collier is an academic economist , and applies quantitative research to democracy and government in the countries he looks at .
- 5. Mr collier devotes the last section of his book to a few big-picture solutions to some of the problems he talks about .