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noun
Somebody (especially a man) involved in the production, refinement or delivery of oil; such as an oil field worker or executive, or the owner of an oil well.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A retailer who sells vegetable oils, and food preserved in oil
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
a worker who produces or sells petroleum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
Narrower terms: rigger, oil rigger
noun
a person who owns or operates oil wells
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: businessman, man of affairs
Narrower terms: wildcatter
History
Etymology tree English oil Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English oilman From oil + -man.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
