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OILMAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A worker who produces or sells petroleum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("oilman" is a kind of...):

skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oilman"):

oil rigger; rigger (someone who works on an oil rig)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who owns or operates oil wells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("oilman" is a kind of...):

businessman; man of affairs (a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oilman"):

wildcatter (an oilman who drills exploratory wells in territory not known to be an oil field)

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