wildcatter
[
wahyld
-kat-er]
/ˈwaɪldˌkæt ər/
noun
1.
an oil prospector.
2.
a person who promotes risky or unsound business ventures.
3.
a person who participates in a
wildcat strike
.
Origin
1880-85,
Americanism;
wildcat
+
-er
1
Examples from the web for
wildcatter
Each began his foray into oil as a
wildcatter
, striking it rich through a combination of intuition and bravado.
The policy is rather disturbing to the professional
wildcatter
, but makes for honest mining.
The day of the
wildcatter
and his weird promotion is a tale that is told.
British Dictionary definitions for
wildcatter
wildcatter
/
ˈwaɪldˌkætə
/
noun
1.
(
US & Canadian
,
informal
) a prospector for oil or ores in areas having no proved resources