Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The owner or lessee of a coal-field who works it and disposes of its produce.
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Examples
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Lanarkshire, on the 5th of December 1802, the son of a coal-master.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Her father was also a coal-master like Minnie's, but his works were in quite a different part of the country so that they were inaccessible to her at present.
Hollowmell or, A Schoolgirl's Mission E.R. Burden
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About the same time we find him taking interest in the projects of a deserving person, named Holwell, a coal-master in Staffordshire, and assisting him to take out a patent for boring wooden pipes; "he being a person," says Telford, "little known, and not having capital, interest, or connections, to bring the matter forward."
The Life of Thomas Telford Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1867
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Only have the goodness to reflect, gentlemen, and you will be convinced that there is perhaps no Frenchman, from the wealthy coal-master to the humblest vender of lucifer matches, whose lot will not be ameliorated by the success of this our petition.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle 1864
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On the expiry of his apprenticeship, Beaumont continued for a time to work under his brother as journeyman at a guinea a week; after which, in 1814, he entered the employment of William Taylor, coal-master at Irvine, and he was appointed engine-wright of the colliery at a salary of from 70L. to 80L. a year.
Industrial Biography Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1863
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On the expiry of his apprenticeship, Beaumont continued for a time to work under his brother as journeyman at a guinea a week; after which, in 1814, he entered the employment of William Taylor, coal-master at
Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers Samuel Smiles 1858
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Mr. Nicholson, a tenant of the Park End Colliery, forcibly urged the construction of branch lines of railway, connecting the different works in the Forest with the leading lines, to the certain benefit of the coal-master, the consumer, and the Crown, the existing tramways being inadequate to their purpose.
The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account 1846
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