Definitions For Bowser

Noun

BOWSER (plural BOWSERs) (now, _, chiefly, Australia, and, New Zealand) A fuel metering/delivery pump at a filling station. A road vehicle (often a trailer) for the transport of liquid fuel, particularly aviation fuel at an airfield. (British) 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. (Irish, slang, used in the vocative) A buffoon or imbecile.

Translations

Finnish: jakelumittari French: pompe {{g, f}} (à essence), pompe à essence German: Zapfsäule, Tanksäule Polish: dystrybutor paliwa, m Spanish: surtidor {{g, m}} (de gasolina, de nafta) Ukrainian: бензоколо́нка, f Finnish: säiliöauto French: camion-citerne, m Spanish: camión cisterna, m Finnish: vesiauto French: camion-citerne, m

Etymology

From Bowser, , a surname, after w:sylvanus bowser, sylvanus bowser, US inventor of the first fuel pump; also a trade name of SF Bowser inc., the inventor's company.