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oilman

[ oil-man, -muhn ]

noun

plural oilmen
  1. a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
  2. a person who retails or delivers oil, especially fuel oil for furnaces.


oilman

/ ˈɔɪə /

noun

  1. a person who owns or operates oil wells
  2. a person who makes or sells oil
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Gender Note

See -man.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of oilman1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; oil, man
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When Greg’s father told him about his grandfather, he recounted a story about a Texas oilman who tried to buy the “Allison Mystery Clock.”

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He’s an oilman who invested in environmentally questionable projects; she’s a climate scientist.

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It gave the oilmen and real estate developers and business titans across Texas who funneled cash to their alma mater bragging rights at the Petroleum Club of Houston and country clubs in Dallas.

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According to the hotel website, the Sandman Signature Fort Worth Downtown Hotel has 245 rooms and was built in 1920 as the “Waggoner Building,” named after cattle rancher and oilman William Thomas Waggoner.

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Much the same, but he’s also going to be a young teenage girl trying to fight off Matt Gaetz while being sold by Jeff Epstein to a rich oilman from the Middle East.

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