oilman
[oil-man, -muh n]
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Origin of oilman
Usage note
See -man.
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Contemporary Examples of oilman
Arkady Gaydamak, a Russian-Israeli oilman and financier, explained his elite view of accumulating wealth to me in 2005.
The firm is owned by Robert Rowling, a Dallas-based oilman and major bankroller of conservative causes.
The oilman airs soft-focus ads promoting wind power (wind is about right).
Historical Examples of oilman
The custom is still kept up by the descendants of the oilman.
The Faith of IslamEdward Sell
He stopped at the shop of an oilman, and offered him the honey for sale, and he bought it.
The oilman's ox stands as the accepted type of a weary toiler.
Beast and Man in IndiaJohn Lockwood Kipling
The potter supplies him with pots, the weaver with cloth, and the oilman with oil.
The Case For IndiaAnnie Besant
Then she went and lodged with an oilman, who had great jars full of oil.
Deccan Nursery TalesCharles Augustus Kincaid
oilman
- a person who owns or operates oil wells
- a person who makes or sells oil
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