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fueler

fueler

1 4.4
A person or machine that fills vehicles with gas
  • noun
  • /ˈfjuːlər/
  • US
translation icon : abastecedor de combustible
  • At the airport, a fueler operates the machinery that delivers fuel to the planes.

Examples

  • This will be the first time out there since the dual fuelers and 100 overs have gone in.

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  • Hey, Phil, look, I drive fuelers.

  • Billy, it's just gonna be for a couple of rides till I get the fueler back.

  • I don't like losing funny car points to a fueler pilot.

  • You're gonna build a new fueler?

  • Lonnie, we don't have a fueler.

  • There wasn't no fuelers and funnies in those days.

  • It was a fueler.

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  • 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.

  • The fueler quickly connected the hose to the airplane to ensure it was fully supplied with fuel before takeoff.

Synonyms

fuel system
vsfueler
  • Specialized
4 3.6

A part of a car or plane that stores and gives fuel to the engine

acts as a person or device that brings fuel rather than a built-in storage system

Surface Forms

fueler singular
fuelers plural

Morphology

fueler = fuel (transparent) = fuel + er

Agentive '-er' added to the verb 'fuel' yielding a person or device that supplies fuel, a directly derivable form.

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.