fueler
- noun
- /ˈfjuːlər/
- US
- At the airport, a fueler operates the machinery that delivers fuel to the planes.
Examples
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This will be the first time out there since the dual fuelers and 100 overs have gone in.
Blog text (28) -
Hey, Phil, look, I drive fuelers.
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Billy, it's just gonna be for a couple of rides till I get the fueler back.
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I don't like losing funny car points to a fueler pilot.
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You're gonna build a new fueler?
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Lonnie, we don't have a fueler.
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There wasn't no fuelers and funnies in those days.
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It was a fueler.
Fiction book (1994) -
Now, listen, Lonnie's always a crowd pleaser and tonight is no exception, because tonight the Lucky Man fueler is running for the first time anywhere- the Lonnie Johnson-designed quadra-vane blower.
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The fueler quickly connected the hose to the airplane to ensure it was fully supplied with fuel before takeoff.
Synonyms
A part of a car or plane that stores and gives fuel to the engine
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fueler comes from fuel, a word from old words for 'fire' or the 'hearth', plus the ending -er meaning 'one who'. So a fueler is someone or a machine that gives fuel to an engine or fire, keeping it running.