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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.

In colonial United States, a collier was a person who manufactured charcoal, used for gunpowder and smelting metal ores. It was a difficult and dangerous occupation, as a controlled burn had to be made of a large stack of wood with a limited oxygen supply. This led to a danger of carbon monoxide poisoning. An improvised kiln was made of clay and wet leaves over the stack of wood. If fire broke through any part, it had to be quickly extinguished with more clay packing, and colliers at times fell into the fire in the attempt. Each burn would take a week or more, and had to be watched 24 hours a day.

The profession is mentioned in the opening scene of Romeo and JulietRomeo y Julieta is also a brand of Cuban cigars. Romeo & Juliet is also a quest episode in the RuneScape. Romeo and Juliet is a famous play by William Shakespeare concerning the fate of two young star-crossed lovers. It was probably first performed on Jan, as the two servants Gregory and Sampson joke about that they shall not carry coal, or else they shall be colliers.

Collier's WeeklyCollier's Weekly was a United States magazine that was published between 1888 and 1957. The periodical was founded as Collier's Once a Week in April 1888 as a magazine of "fiction, fact, sensation, wit, humor, news" by Peter Collier (1849-1918), an Irish was a U.S. magazine published between 1888 and 1957.

Collier's EncyclopediaCollier's Encyclopedia is a U. encyclopedia. It was first published in 20 volumes in 1950-51 and in 1962 was expanded to 24 volumes. It can be considered one of the three major contemporary English-language (printed) encyclopedias, together with Encyclopa is a U.S. encyclopedia.