"wildcatter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wildcatters [plural]
Etymology: wildcat + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wildcat|er}} wildcat + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} wildcatter (plural wildcatters)
  1. (US) Someone who drills for oil speculatively. Tags: US Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-wildcatter-en-noun-UJkFAzdi Disambiguation of People: 40 31 29 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 40 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 44 40
  2. A worker who participates in a wildcat strike.
    Sense id: en-wildcatter-en-noun-9sSfovyA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 40 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 44 40
  3. (firearms) A person who makes wildcat cartridges and the guns that use them. Categories (topical): Firearms
    Sense id: en-wildcatter-en-noun-ch5Afi2d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 40 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 44 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 29 32 40 Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

Inflected forms

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