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A collier was a ship that carried coal to refuel ships in the coal age.
A collier is also an occupational title for people who carried and sold coal. In the Middle Ages colliery was a common profession. Colliery is still an important profession today in the north England counties of Northumberland and Tyne and Wear.
The profession is mentioned in the opening scene of Romeo & Juliet, as the two servants Gregory and Sampson joke about that they shall not carry coal, or else they shall be colliers.
Collier Row, a place in the London Borough of Havering.
Colliers Wood is an area in the London Borough of Merton.
Collier's was a magazine published between 1888 and 1957.
