coalowner

Noun

 * 1) One who owns a coal mine.
 * 2) * 1887, Lord Herschell, The Parliamentary Debates (Authorized Edition), Wyman, page 200
 * The Staffordshire coalowner would benefit, because he would be saved from the competition of the Lancashire coalowner, but what would the Lancashire coalowner say if he were charged a prohibitive rate with regard to the London market?