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单词 oilman
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oilmann.

Brit. /ˈɔɪlman/, /ˈɔɪlmən/, U.S. /ˈɔɪlˌmæn/, /ˈɔɪlm(ə)n/
Inflections: Plural oilmen.
Forms: see oil n.1 and man n.1; also Middle English hulemon, Middle English olman, Middle English ulemon.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: oil n.1, man n.1
Etymology: < oil n.1 + man n.1Earliest attested as a surname.
1. A person who makes or sells animal or vegetable oil; spec. a dealer in sweet oils and eatables preserved in them. Also: a worker in an oil mill. Now chiefly historical and Indian English.
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society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in food and drink > in specific foodstuffs
saltera1000
oilman1275
oysterman1305
pepperer1309
butchera1325
mealman1527
pepper mana1661
butter factor1696
porkman1749
flour-factor1815
macaroni dealer1854
society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > sellers of other specific things
soaper?c1225
oilman1275
smear-monger1297
upholder1333
basket-seller?1518
broom-seller?1518
upholster1554
rod-woman1602
starchwoman1604
pin manc1680
colour seller1685
potato-woman1697
printseller1700
rag-seller1700
Greenwich barber1785
sandboy1821
iceman1834
umbrella man1851
fly-boy1861
snuff-boxera1871
pedlar1872
snake-boy1873
bric-a-brac man1876
tinwoman1884
resurrectionist1888
butch1891
paanwallah1955
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other manufactured materials > [noun] > of oil
oilman1275
oiler1278
1275 in G. Fransson Middle Eng. Surnames (1935) 70 Joh. le Ulemon.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 363 Oly mann..he that makythe or syllythe oyle, olearius.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 668 A Hogge at Basill, nourished by a certaine Oile-man.
1675 Ape-gentle-woman 2 She holds the same league with oyl-men and vintners, as the city constables do with the counter turnekeys.
1750 H. Purefoy Let. 9 June in Purefoy Lett. (1931) I. vii. 181 Carry the stone Bottle I send you to one Mr. Marlow an Oyllman at Smithfeild Barrs & have the same filled with Neats foot Oyll.
1794 R. Cumberland Jew ii. 27 Gracious! how my mouth did water, as I saw a string of them [sc. Bologna sausages] dangling from the penthouse of an oilman's shop!
1865 Sat. Rev. 5 Aug. 173 Sold, not only by all druggists, but also by grocers, oilmen, and chandlers.
1893 Econ. Jrnl. 3 606 Compare the legitimate and natural function of the milkman..with that of the oil-man, the coal-man, the wood-man [etc.].
1901 R. Kipling Kim ix. 226 Kim was apparelled variously as a young Mohammedan of good family, an oilman, and once..as the son of an Oudh landholder in the fullest of full dress.
1902 N.E.D. Oilman, a worker in an oil-mill.
1997 A. Sivanandan When Memory Dies ii. vi. 191 He was..educated in Jaffna where his father, now dead, had kept a small oilman store.
2. A worker in the oil industry; an employee or owner of an oil company.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in oil industry > [noun]
oilman1865
1865 Atlantic Monthly 15 388 She was still considering her probable success in finding an oil-man to take her down the Creek.
1880 Harper's Mag. Dec. 65 There are engines and boilers and pumps to be built for the oil men.
1912 W. S. Tower & J. Roberts Petroleum v. 83 The flowing or gushing wells are always regarded as lucky strikes among oilmen.
1951 T. Sterling House without Door i. 6 She knew what Texas oil men looked like.
1975 Lamp (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.
2001 N.Y. Times Mag. 25 Nov. 22 Our president is an oilman.
3. A person who oils machinery.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > [noun] > one who operates machine > who performs specific task
feeder1676
winder1823
greaser1832
oiler1846
grease-man1898
oilman1902
pani-wallah1957
1887 R. L. Stevenson Memories & Portraits vii. 116 The lamp and oil man, just then beginning..to bloom into a lighthouse-engineer.]
1902 N.E.D. Oilman, a man who oils machinery.
1957 D. G. O. Baillie Sea Affair 244 Paniwallahs..are not really watermen at all, but oilmen, or greasers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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