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Pothunter

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Noun

1. pothunter

a nonprofessional archeologist

2. pothunter

someone who participates in contests in order to collect trophies

3. pothunter

someone who hunts for food (not for sport)

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Pothunter

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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

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Pothunter

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noun
1. 
a hunter who kills game indiscriminately, disregarding the rules of sport
2. 
a person who enters contests merely to win prizes
3.  Informal
an amateur archaeologist

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Pothunter

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n.
1. One who hunts game for food, ignoring the rules of sport.
2. One who participates in contests simply to win prizes.
3. A person who seeks artifacts from past civilizations for personal use, sometimes by illegal means, without adhering to professional standards of archaeology.

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