haulier

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/ˈhɔːliə(ɹ)/

Definition of haulier

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

A person or company engaged in the haulage of goods.

“DB Cargo is the haulier for the Immingham-Drax flow. Its trains comprise purpose-built covered hoppers that can run at 60mph loaded and 75mph empty.”
“Hauliers are up in arms over higher tolls, while some doctors – including, from 9 January, specialists – could decide to close surgeries in support of the medical profession’s demands for more state support for an overloaded system.”

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noun

A person or company engaged in the haulage of goods.

“DB Cargo is the haulier for the Immingham-Drax flow. Its trains comprise purpose-built covered hoppers that can run at 60mph loaded and 75mph empty.”
“Hauliers are up in arms over higher tolls, while some doctors – including, from 9 January, specialists – could decide to close surgeries in support of the medical profession’s demands for more state support for an overloaded system.”
A miner who hauls coal from the coalface to the bottom of the shaft.

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From Middle English halyer, haliere, halere, equivalent to haul + -ier.

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