bowser

Etymology
From, after Sylvanus Bowser, US inventor of the first fuel pump; also a trade name of SF Bowser inc., the inventor's company.

Noun

 * 1)  A fuel metering/delivery pump at a filling station.
 * 2) * 2010, David Nichols, Green Fields, Brown Fields, New Fields, footnote citing 1926 report, |%22bowsers%22+petrol+-intitle:%22bowser%22+-inauthor:%22bowser%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lw4ET8LHBuzmmAXDraSxAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bowser%22|%22bowsers%22%20petrol%20-intitle%3A%22bowser%22%20-inauthor%3A%22bowser%22&f=false page 309,
 * The Moree Municipal Council decided to devote the revenue derived from the rent of the bowser petrol pumps within the municipality for this year, which amounted to forty guineas.
 * 1) A road vehicle (often a trailer) for the transport of liquid fuel, particularly aviation fuel at an airfield.
 * 2)  A mobile water tank deployed to distribute fresh water in emergency situations where the normal system of piped distribution has broken down or is insufficient.
 * 3) * 2010, P. Dissanayake, N. Weragala, V. Smakhtin, Environmental Flow Assessment: Recent Examples from Sri Lanka, Alexandra Evans, K. Jinapala (editors), Proceedings of the National Conference on Water, Food Security and Climate Change in Sri Lanka, Volume 2, |%22bowsers%22+water+-intitle:%22bowser%22+-inauthor:%22bowser%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1SwET_mIOaOfmQXA5vzzCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bowser%22|%22bowsers%22%20water%20-intitle%3A%22bowser%22%20-inauthor%3A%22bowser%22&f=false page 29,
 * Due to increasing levels of water pollution arising from low flows, water becomes unsuitable for bathing during this period and is satisfied by bowser water supply.
 * 1)  A buffoon or imbecile.
 * 1)  A mobile water tank deployed to distribute fresh water in emergency situations where the normal system of piped distribution has broken down or is insufficient.
 * 2) * 2010, P. Dissanayake, N. Weragala, V. Smakhtin, Environmental Flow Assessment: Recent Examples from Sri Lanka, Alexandra Evans, K. Jinapala (editors), Proceedings of the National Conference on Water, Food Security and Climate Change in Sri Lanka, Volume 2, |%22bowsers%22+water+-intitle:%22bowser%22+-inauthor:%22bowser%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1SwET_mIOaOfmQXA5vzzCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bowser%22|%22bowsers%22%20water%20-intitle%3A%22bowser%22%20-inauthor%3A%22bowser%22&f=false page 29,
 * Due to increasing levels of water pollution arising from low flows, water becomes unsuitable for bathing during this period and is satisfied by bowser water supply.
 * 1)  A buffoon or imbecile.
 * Due to increasing levels of water pollution arising from low flows, water becomes unsuitable for bathing during this period and is satisfied by bowser water supply.
 * 1)  A buffoon or imbecile.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 加油機
 * Finnish: jakelumittari
 * French: (à essence),
 * German: ,
 * Japanese: 給油機, 計量機
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: шатахуун түгээгүүр
 * Polish: dystrybutor paliwa
 * Spanish: (de gasolina, de nafta)
 * Ukrainian:


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Spanish: camión cisterna


 * Finnish: vesiauto
 * French:
 * Portuguese: caminhão pipa