oiler

English

Etymology

From Middle English oyler, equivalent to oil +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

oiler (plural oilers)

  1. One who or that which oils.
    1. An assistant in the engine room of a ship, senior only to a wiper, mainly responsible for keeping machinery lubricated.
  2. (nautical) An oil tanker.
  3. An oil well.
  4. (firearms) A small (typically thumb-sized) metal container of oil, often containing an integral brush.
  5. (informal) An oilskin coat.
  6. (US, ethnic slur) A Mexican.
    Synonym: greaser
    • 1907, Stewart Edward White, chapter 4, in Arizona Nights‎:
      There were a lot of renegades down towards the Mexican line who made a raid once in a while, and a few oilers livin' near had water holes in the foothills, […]

Derived terms

Translations
ship — see oil tanker
oil well — see oil well

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