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pothunters

pothunters is the plural of pothunter.

Meaning of pothunter

Noun

pothunter (plural pothunters)

  1. A person who hunts animals for food (for the pot) rather than as sport.
  2. (broadly) A person who competes solely to win prizes.
  3. A person who seeks artifacts for their personal collection or to sell without regard to their cultural importance.
    • But hundreds, perhaps thousands of artifacts have been taken by amateur pothunters, whose activities can disturb the soil and ruin the chance of serious research.2007 December 12, Anthony Depalma, “An Island in the Hudson, Plundered in Search of Indian Artifacts”, in New York Times

Questions about pothunters

What is pothunters the plural of?
Pothunters is the plural of pothunter.

Words near pothunters in the dictionary

  1. pothouses
  2. Poths
  3. pothunt
  4. pothunted
  5. pothunter
  6. pothunters
  7. pothunting
  8. pothunts
  9. Pothwari
  10. Poti
  11. potica

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