"pothunter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pothunters [plural]
Etymology: From pot + hunter – in hunting sense, “for the (cooking) pot (to eat)”; in the archeology sense, “seeking old pots (to sell)”. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pot|hunter}} pot + hunter Head templates: {{en-noun}} pothunter (plural pothunters)
  1. A person who hunts animals for food (for the pot) rather than as sport. Related terms (hunting for food): pot shot, potshot
    Sense id: en-pothunter-en-noun-wEUFdhMC Disambiguation of 'hunting for food': 82 6 12
  2. (sports, by extension) A person who competes solely to win prizes. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-pothunter-en-noun-Sry3bBxN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 46 31 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 19 47 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 63 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 62 20 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (archaeology) A person who seeks artifacts for their personal collection or to sell without regard to their cultural importance. Categories (topical): Archaeology
    Sense id: en-pothunter-en-noun-QHPgv-MK Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pothunting

Inflected forms

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