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petrolist

petrolist noun: a proponent of petrolism.

Noun

petrolist (plural petrolists)

  1. A proponent of petrolism.
    • If you're a conservative and you believed that the Iraq war was necessary to drive reform in the Middle East, but the war has failed to do that and we need Plan B for the same objective, you want a gasoline tax that will reduce the flow of wealth to petrolist leaders who will never change if all...2007 November 14, Thomas L. Friedman, “Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda”, in New York Times

Forms of petrolist

pluralpetrolists

Origin of petrolist

From petrol + -ist.

Questions about petrolist

What does petrolist mean?
Petrolist means a proponent of petrolism.
What part of speech is petrolist?
Petrolist is a noun.
What is the plural of petrolist?
The plural of petrolist is petrolists.

Words near petrolist in the dictionary

  1. petrolific
  2. petroline
  3. petroling
  4. Petrolio
  5. petrolism
  6. petrolist
  7. petrolists
  8. petrolization
  9. petrolizations
  10. petrolize
  11. petrolized

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