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/ˈkɒlɪə(ɹ)/ · noun
A person in the business or occupation of producing or distributing coal (any of several types of carbon fuel)..
By 1830, more than two million tons of coal a year, principally from the North East, arrived in London by coastal collier, and that figure reached three million tons by the 1840s.
Use collier when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Collier means A person in the business or occupation of producing or distributing coal (any of several types of carbon fuel)..
Common synonyms include coaler, coal miner, pitman.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
By 1830, more than two million tons of coal a year, principally from the North East, arrived in London by coastal collier, and that figure reached three million tons by the 1840s.
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