Collier

Noun

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.
2. 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.
3. A person in the business or occupation of producing (and selling) charcoal.
4. A vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal.
5. A sailor on such a vessel.