derrickman

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noun

A member of an oil drilling rig who works on a derrick suspended above the rig floor, manhandling the drillpipe.

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Meanings

nounderrickman (plural derrickmen)

plural derrickmen

  1. A member of an oil drilling rig who works on a derrick suspended above the rig floor, manhandling the drillpipe.

    There was a movement high in the derrick; the derrickman had come off the monkey board; he was half jumping, half sliding down the ladder.

    2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 346

Origin

From derrick + man.

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APA

derrickman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/derrickman

MLA

“derrickman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/derrickman. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “derrickman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/derrickman.

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