Definition of wildcatter in English:
wildcatter
nounˈwʌɪldkatəˈwaɪldˌkædər
North American 1A prospector who sinks exploratory oil wells.
Example sentencesExamples
- Oil people loved stories about wildcatters betting everything on a single well.
- In 1920 she moved to Los Angeles with her third husband who worked as a wildcatter in the oil industry.
- An oil wildcatter raised by an oil wildcatter, he moved into the railroad business in the early 1980s and made billions by laying fiber-optic cable along his Southern Pacific Railroad track and purchasing Qwest Communications.
- Independents - the industry term for companies that have more capital and know-how than the typical wildcatter - can grow either by exploring and finding reserves or by buying a company that already has them.
- If a prospector finds a new gold mine or the wildcatter brings in a rich oil well, the probability of other prospectors and wildcatters making equally valuable finds diminishes, however slightly.
- 1.1 A person who promotes or participates in risky business ventures.
Example sentencesExamples
- Big Oil now acts more like a risk-averse bank than a wildcatter, following Wall Street dictates on cash flow instead of Texas traditions of risk-taking.
- Kali Bose is a wildcatter - an investor with an eye on promising new areas.
- After years languishing in the backwaters of the world's stock markets, the wildcatters are back in business.
Definition of wildcatter in US English:
wildcatter
nounˈwīldˌkadərˈwaɪldˌkædər
North American 1A prospector who sinks exploratory oil wells.
Example sentencesExamples
- Oil people loved stories about wildcatters betting everything on a single well.
- If a prospector finds a new gold mine or the wildcatter brings in a rich oil well, the probability of other prospectors and wildcatters making equally valuable finds diminishes, however slightly.
- In 1920 she moved to Los Angeles with her third husband who worked as a wildcatter in the oil industry.
- An oil wildcatter raised by an oil wildcatter, he moved into the railroad business in the early 1980s and made billions by laying fiber-optic cable along his Southern Pacific Railroad track and purchasing Qwest Communications.
- Independents - the industry term for companies that have more capital and know-how than the typical wildcatter - can grow either by exploring and finding reserves or by buying a company that already has them.
- 1.1 A risky investor.
Example sentencesExamples
- Big Oil now acts more like a risk-averse bank than a wildcatter, following Wall Street dictates on cash flow instead of Texas traditions of risk-taking.
- After years languishing in the backwaters of the world's stock markets, the wildcatters are back in business.
- Kali Bose is a wildcatter - an investor with an eye on promising new areas.