English Explanatory Dictionary

wildcatter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who drills for oil speculatively.
  2. A worker who participates in a wildcat strike.
  3. A person who makes wildcat cartridges and the guns that use them.

Pronunciation

/ˈwaɪldˌkætə(ɹ)/ En-us-wildcatter.oga

Word forms

wildcatter wildcatters

Etymology

From wildcat + -er.

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