oilman
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How to use oilman in a sentence
Arkady Gaydamak, a Russian-Israeli oilman and financier, explained his elite view of accumulating wealth to me in 2005.
This year, the former oilman has talked to at least two energy conferences in Texas.
The firm is owned by Robert Rowling, a Dallas-based oilman and major bankroller of conservative causes.
The oilman airs soft-focus ads promoting wind power (wind is about right).
Fox, debtor and bankrupt as he was, had taken lodgings with Fitzpatrick at an oilman's in Piccadilly.
The Wits and Beaux of Society | Grace & Philip Wharton
That's right; from the main line in Philadelphia, and a daughter of a prominent industrialist and oilman.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyThe cheap kerosene-oil from Baku or New York threatens the oilman's existence.
The New World of Islam | Lothrop StoddardNo one ever saw a bullock lick a strange bullock or cow and so they awarded the calf to the oilman.
Folklore of the Santal Parganas | Cecil Henry BompasThere was once an oilman with five sons and they were all married and lived jointly with their father.
Folklore of the Santal Parganas | Cecil Henry Bompas
British Dictionary definitions for oilman
/ (ˈɔɪlmən) /
a person who owns or operates oil wells
a person who makes or sells oil
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