Usually means: Worker who lubricates machinery parts.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word oiler:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. oiler: Merriam-Webster
  2. oiler: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. oiler: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. oiler: Collins English Dictionary
  5. oiler: Vocabulary.com
  6. Oiler, oiler: Wordnik
  7. oiler: Wiktionary
  8. oiler: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. oiler: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Oiler, oiler: Dictionary.com
  11. Oiler (occupation), Oiler (ship), Oiler: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Oiler: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. oiler: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. oiler: Rhymezone
  15. Oiler: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. oiler: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. oiler: FreeDictionary.org
  18. oiler: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. oiler: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. oiler: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. oiler, oiler, oiler: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Oiler: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Internet Karting Glossary (No longer online)

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Oil Analysis (No longer online)
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  4. Oiler: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (oiler)

noun:  One who or that which oils.
noun:  An assistant in the engine room of a ship, senior only to a wiper, mainly responsible for keeping machinery lubricated.
noun:  Any of various automatic devices for oiling pneumatic tools or other tools.
noun:  (nautical) An oil tanker.
noun:  Synonym of oilcan.
noun:  (firearms) A small (typically thumb-sized) metal container of oil, often containing an integral brush.
noun:  Synonym of oil well.
noun:  (informal) An oilskin coat.
noun:  (US, ethnic slur) A Mexican.
noun:  (slang, derogatory) A sycophant, which is someone who is oily (smarmy).
noun:  (slang) A heavy drinker; especially, an alcoholic.

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