Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who deals in oils; one who is engaged in the business of producing or of selling oil.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who deals in oils; formerly, one who dealt in oils and pickles.
- noun A person working in the petroleum industry, esp. an oil company executive.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Somebody involved in the production, refinement or delivery of
oil ; such as anoil field worker or executive, or the owner of anoil well . - noun dated A
retailer who sellsvegetable oils , andfood preserved in oil
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who owns or operates oil wells
- noun a worker who produces or sells petroleum
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Examples
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The film's central character is the self-proclaimed "oilman" Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), who over the course of the film doesn't so much progress or change (like most dramatic characters do), as slowly unleash more and more of the inner depths that are churning inside him all the while.
1/13: Réponse de femmes; There Will Be Blood; Hard Eight Ed Howard 2008
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The film's central character is the self-proclaimed "oilman" Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), who over the course of the film doesn't so much progress or change (like most dramatic characters do), as slowly unleash more and more of the inner depths that are churning inside him all the while.
Archive 2008-01-01 Ed Howard 2008
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Who would have believed, just weeks ago, that America's most famous self-described "oilman," T. Boone Pickens, would be spending millions of dollars on an advertising campaign to convince Americans what had been obvious, but what had been denied by just about every other "oilman" in America: we can't drill our way out of our energy problems.
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TFrancis wrote: The "oilman" doesn't have the power to stop tax credits or to establish energy policy.
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TFrancis wrote: The "oilman" doesn't have the power to stop tax credits or to establish energy policy.
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TFrancis wrote: The "oilman" doesn't have the power to stop tax credits or to establish energy policy.
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But blaming "oilman" Bush for high prices began when the average price was well below today's $3.05 national average.
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TFrancis wrote: The "oilman" doesn't have the power to stop tax credits or to establish energy policy.
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TFrancis wrote: The "oilman" doesn't have the power to stop tax credits or to establish energy policy.
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So Mum, call the 'oilman' today! get your tank filled - my big sis will pay lol … … … … … … … …
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