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pothunter

[ pot-huhn-ter ]

noun

  1. a person who hunts for food or profit, ignoring the rules of sport.
  2. a person who takes part in contests merely to win prizes.


pothunter

/ ˈ±èÉ’³ÙËŒ³óÊŒ²Ô³ÙÉ™ /

noun

  1. a person who hunts for food or for profit without regard to the rules of sport
  2. informal.
    a person who enters competitions for the sole purpose of winning prizes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±è´Ç³ÙËŒ³ó³Ü²Ô³Ù¾±²Ô²µ, nounadjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è´Ç³Ùh³Ü²Ô³Ùi²Ô²µ noun adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pothunter1

First recorded in 1585–95; pot 1 + hunter
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Covering the ruins would also help protect them from the “pothunters†who have removed artifacts from “pretty much every site†in the Southwest, said Dr. Kantner.

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Pottery shards have been moved around, others perhaps pilfered, and the floor shoveled up by pothunters.

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Resident, not common; once common, but killed and driven out by pothunters; some breed in Middle Park; noted in winter at 9,500 feet.

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Thus has the greed of the sailor and pothunter swept from the face of the earth an old pilot — a trusty aid to navigation.

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