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  1.                 From en.wiktionary.org:
                    

    [Collier]

    ** English

    [wikipedia]

    *** Etymology

    From [en], from [enm].

    *** Pronunciation

    - [en] - [kälʹē-ər] , [en] - [en]

    *** Noun

    [en-noun]

    1. [en] A person in the business or occupation of producing or distributing coal (any of several types of carbon fuel ). 1. [en] 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. 2. [en] [en] A person in the business or occupation of producing (and selling) charcoal . 3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1957 | author=H.R. Schubert | title=History of the British Iron and Steel Industry | page=224 |passage=For this reason, the collier took constant care to keep the covering of earth in good order.}}

    1. [en] [en] A vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal . 2. * [en] 3. [en] [en] A sailor on such a vessel. 4. [en] [en] A non- traveller .

    **** Related terms

    {{col2|en |Collier Street |Colliers Wood |colliery |mineral coal |seacoal }}

    **** Translations

    [coalminer] [charcoal burner]

    [crew member on a coalship]

    - Chinese: [trans-bottom]

    [vessel]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Dutch: [nl] , [nl] - French: [fr] - Greek: [el] , [el] - Irish: [ga] , [ga] , [ga] - Italian: [it] - Polish: [pl] - Russian: [ru] [trans-bottom]

    **** See also

    {{col|en |collie<qq:possibly related><!--not assuredly so; see 吴语: Collie#Name--> }}

    *** References

    - [year=1967]

    *** Anagrams

    - [en] [en]

    ** Danish

    *** Noun

    [da]

    1. [da]

    ** Dutch

    *** Etymology

    [nl]. Closely related to (but not a doublet of) [nl] as in [nl].

    *** Pronunciation

    - [nl] - [nl]

    *** Noun

    [m]

    1. necklace

    ** French

    *** Etymology

    [fr], from [fr], a variant (deriving from [fr]) of [fro], from [fr].

    *** Pronunciation

    - [fr-IPA] - [fr] - [fr] - [fr] - [fr] - [fr]

    *** Noun

    [m]

    1. a necklace , string-shaped jewel worn around the neck 2. collar (e.g. of a dog) 3. collar [on animals, colored fur around the neck]

    **** Derived terms

    - [fr] - [fr]

    **** Related terms

    - [fr] , [fr]

    **** Descendants

    - [bor=1] - [bor=1] - [el] - [ro] - [ru] - [tr]

    *** References

    - [R:NPLarousse]

    *** Further reading

    - [R:fr:TLFi]

    ** Italian

    *** Etymology

    [it].

    *** Noun

    [m]

    1. a necklace , string-shaped jewel worn around the neck

    **** Related terms

    - [it]

    ** Swedish

    *** Etymology 1

    **** Noun

    [sv]

    1. [sv]

    *** Etymology 2

    Borrowed from [sv].

    **** Noun

    [c]

    1. a choker

    ***** Declension

    [3=colliere] [sv-infl-noun-c-er]