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TANKER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk

Synonyms:

oil tanker; oiler; tank ship; tanker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tanker" is a kind of...):

cargo ship; cargo vessel (a ship designed to carry cargo)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tanker"):

supertanker (the largest class of oil tankers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A soldier who drives a tank

Synonyms:

tank driver; tanker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("tanker" is a kind of...):

soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)

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