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Definition of Oilman
1. Noun. A person who owns or operates oil wells.
2. Noun. A worker who produces or sells petroleum.
Generic synonyms: Skilled Worker, Skilled Workman, Trained Worker
Definition of Oilman
1. n. One who deals in oils; formerly, one who dealt in oils and pickles.
Definition of Oilman
1. Noun. Somebody involved in the production, refinement or delivery of oil; such as an oil field worker or executive, or the owner of an oil well. ¹
2. Noun. (dated) A retailer who sells vegetable oils, and food preserved in oil ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oilman
1. one who owns or operates oil wells [n OILMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oilman
Literary usage of Oilman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collections, Historical and Miscellaneous and Monthly Literary Journal. by Jacob Bailey Moore, John Farmer (1831)
"Andrew oilman, Thomas oilman, Nicholas oilman, 3d, Samuel oilman, ... John oilman,
and 152 others. Its settlement was protracted by reason of the frequent ..."
2. History of Newfields, New Hampshire, 1638-1911 by James Hill Fitts (1912)
"John oilman, William Moore, Andrew Wiggin, Theophilus Smith, Jonathan Wadleigh.
... John oilman, Thomas Wilson, John Robinson, Edward Hall, Cornelius Connor ..."
3. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ...by John Howard Brown by John Howard Brown (1904)
"10, 1624, who with his parents Edward and Mary oilman, left Gravesend, ... Dr.
Samuel oilman and accompanied him to Charleston, SC. residing in that city ..."
4. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1917)
"Ephraim oilman, a farmhand, had since the husband's death, managed the place on
shares ... Early one Monday morning oilman came to the house of a neighbor, ..."
5. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1878)
"oilman.—The following is an exact copy of a record in Peter ... Mary oilman,
daughter to Peter & Mary oilman Born Augst 1725. Departed Elizabeth oilman Born ..."
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