Definition of "oiler" []

• One that oils engines or machinery. (noun)
• Nautical An oil tanker. (noun)
• Nautical A ship that burns oil as fuel. (noun)
• See oilcan. (noun)
• See oil well. (noun)

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• "Two guided missile cruisers, the USS Leyte Gulf and the USS Vella Gulf, a destroyer, the USS Peterson, all set to return to Norfolk and then there's an oiler, which is support ship as well for the battle group, the USS Detroit, which will return to the Earle Naval Weapons Stations in New Jersey."
• "She might burn coal in her furnaces instead of oil-fuel, and every ounce of coal had to be shovelled on board from a collier by manual labour, whereas, in an oil-driven destroyer, one simply went alongside a jetty or an "oiler," connected up a hose, and went to bed while a pump did all the work."
• "i don't know, maybe i'll have black kids. anyway, the homecoming was desirable (like my lips, right, youknowwho?), especially the weird modern day scripture 9/11 talk given by a 12 year old man. then we went to jon's house! the house that my friend and i drove by in high school, scouting for that "oiler" boy. i used his bathroom!"