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Definition of coal owner in English: coal ownernoun historical The owner of a colliery. Example sentencesExamples - Legend suggests, thanks to his forensic oratory, negligent coal owners and their managers were sent to prison.
- The activity of the government and the employers - particularly the coal owners - from 1924-6 was designed to break militant trade unionism and worsen conditions for ordinary workers.
- But although, like many other liberals, he might have supported the miners against the coal owners, he was certainly not prepared to support the strikers against the government.
- A Socialist, he stresses the need for coal owners to respect difficult working conditions, reward miners properly and ensure safety.
- A J Cronin's North Eastern drama depicts a conflict between young pitman Dave Fenwick and coal owner Richard Barras.
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