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WILDCATTER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does wildcatter mean?

• WILDCATTER (noun)
The noun WILDCATTER has 1 sense:

1. an oilman who drills exploratory wells in territory not known to be an oil field

Familiarity information: WILDCATTER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WILDCATTER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An oilman who drills exploratory wells in territory not known to be an oil field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("wildcatter" is a kind of...):

oilman (a person who owns or operates oil wells)

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