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Jul 13, 2011 This week's theme Professions that exist mainly as surnames This week's words chandler wainwright collier chamberlain granger Internet Anagram Server I, Rearrangement Servant May I try your name? Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg collier PRONUNCIATION: (KOL-yuhr) MEANING: noun: 1. A coal miner. 2. A ship for carrying coal. ETYMOLOGY: From Old English col (coal). Earliest documented use: before 1375. USAGE: "Gunar turned to find a grimy-faced man, black as a collier." Lisa Hendrix; Immortal Champion; Berkley; 2011. Explore "collier" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: If you have a weak candidate and a weak platform, wrap yourself up in the American flag and talk about the Constitution. -Matthew Stanley Quay, senator (1833-1904)

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