WILDCATTER meaning: Entrepreneur drilling oil wells speculatively

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wildcatter: Merriam-Webster
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wildcatter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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wildcatter: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (wildcatter)

▸ noun:  (US) Someone who drills for oil speculatively.
▸ noun:  A worker who participates in a wildcat strike.
▸ noun:  (firearms) A person who makes wildcat cartridges and the guns that use them.

Opposite:

conservationist, environmentalist, preservationist

Adjectives:

old, independent, successful, small, legendary, famous

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