Meaning of Wildcatter | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“Roy Weatherby began his career in the firearms industry as a “wildcatter”, developing his revolutionary ideas about rifle cartridge performance and design.”

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