pothunter
Meanings
noun
- A person who hunts animals for food (for the pot) rather than as sport.
- A person who competes solely to win prizes.
- A person who seeks artifacts for their personal collection or to sell without regard to their cultural importance.
Word forms
Etymology
From pot + hunter – in hunting sense, “for the (cooking) pot (to eat)”; in the archeology sense, “seeking old pots (to sell)”.
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