wildcatter

Noun

Meaning

(US) Someone who drills for oil speculatively.

A worker who participates in a wildcat strike.

(firearms) A person who makes wildcat cartridges and the guns that use them.

Examples

I've been a kind of a wildcatter. I've been able to say anything I wanted. Jack Kemp

The Oklahoma City-based shale pioneer, co-founded by late wildcatter Aubrey McClendon, submitted the Chapter 11 filing in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, according to a company statement. Source: Internet

The list of shale companies struggling with debt includes Whiting Petroleum Corp. and Chesapeake Energy Corp., a fracking pioneer co-founded by the late wildcatter Aubrey McClendon. Source: Internet

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