oilman

[ oil-man, -muh n ]

/ ˈɔɪlˌmæn, -mən /

noun, plural oil·men [oil-men, -muh n] /ˈɔɪlˌmɛn, -mən/.

a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.

a person who retails or delivers oil, especially fuel oil for furnaces.

Words nearby oilman

oilfired, oilfish, oilgas, oillet, oillionaire, oilman, oilpaper, oilseed, oilskin, oilspot glaze, oilstone

Origin of oilman

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at oil, man¹

usage note for oilman

See -man.

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Examples from the Web for oilman

Arkady Gaydamak, a Russian-Israeli oilman and financier, explained his elite view of accumulating wealth to me in 2005.
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The firm is owned by Robert Rowling, a Dallas-based oilman and major bankroller of conservative causes.
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The oilman airs soft-focus ads promoting wind power (wind is about right).
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That's right; from the main line in Philadelphia, and a daughter of a prominent industrialist and oilman.
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The custom is still kept up by the descendants of the oilman.
The Faith of Islam|Edward Sell
He stopped at the shop of an oilman, and offered him the honey for sale, and he bought it.
The Folk-Tales of the Magyars|Various
Mature in style and in interpretative power, John Joseph Mathews goes into the very life of an oilman who was something else.
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They went to a distant village and Chote took service with an oilman and Mote with a potter on a yearly agreement.
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British Dictionary definitions for oilman

oilman

/ (ˈɔɪlmən) /

noun plural -men

a person who owns or operates oil wells

a person who makes or sells oil

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