wildcatter

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Someone who drills for oil speculatively.
2. noun A worker who participates in a wildcat strike.
3. noun A person who makes wildcat cartridges and the guns that use them.

Similar words

doodlebugger wildcat gold-digger golddigger bushwhacker wild-ass gold digger spelunker wild man claim jumper

Often followed by

who is in and must could with had has

Word family

wildcatters