Oilman
noun
noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Somebody involved in the production, refinement or delivery of oil; such as an oil field worker or executive, or the owner of an oil well.
- 2 a male worker who produces or sells petroleum wordnet
- 3 A retailer who sells vegetable oils, and food preserved in oil dated
"If the wife buys fish or vegetables in the street, as is generally done, she will, at the same time, buy her piece of bacon or cheese at the cheesemonger’s, her small quantity of tea and sugar at the grocer’s, her fire-wood at the oilman’s, or her pound of beef or liver at the butcher’s."
- 4 a male person who owns or operates oil wells wordnet
Example
More examples"If the wife buys fish or vegetables in the street, as is generally done, she will, at the same time, buy her piece of bacon or cheese at the cheesemonger’s, her small quantity of tea and sugar at the grocer’s, her fire-wood at the oilman’s, or her pound of beef or liver at the butcher’s."
Etymology
From oil + -man.
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