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oilman|ˈɔɪlmən|
a. A manufacturer or seller of oil.
b. A dealer in sweet oils and eatables preserved in them, etc.
c. A worker in an oil-mill.
d. A man who oils machinery: = oiler 2.
c1440Promp. Parv. 363/2 Oly mann,..he that makythe, or syllythe oyle, olearius. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 517 A Hog at Basil, nourished by a certain Oyl-man. 1755Johnson, Oilman, one who trades in oils and pickles. 1760Foote Minor ii. Wks. 1799 I. 257 His uncle was an oil-man. 1865Sat. Rev. 5 Aug. 173 Sold, not only by all druggists, but also by grocers, oilmen, and chandlers.
e. A person in the oil industry; an employee of an oil company.
1865Atlantic Monthly XV. 388 She was still considering her probable success in finding an oil-man to take her down the Creek. 1880Harper's Mag. Dec. 65 There are engines and boilers and pumps to be built for the oil men. 1912Tower & Roberts Petroleum v. 83 The flowing or gushing wells are always regarded as lucky strikes among oilmen. 1951T. Sterling House without Door i. 6 She knew what Texas oil men looked like. 1972Times 27 Sept. 21/7 The oilmen look longingly at the areas north of the 62nd Parallel. 1973A. Price October Men viii. 113 The oilman Ian Howard, just back from a year..in Saudi Arabia. 1975Lamp (Exxon Corporation) Winter 11/1 When they began to commit sizable sums to North Sea oil development three and four years ago, oilmen expected the investment to be a costly one. |