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Definition of Pothunter
1. Noun. A nonprofessional archeologist.
2. Noun. Someone who participates in contests in order to collect trophies.
3. Noun. Someone who hunts for food (not for sport).
Definition of Pothunter
1. Noun. A person who hunts animals for food (for the pot) rather than as sport. ¹
2. Noun. (sports by extension) A person who competes solely to win prizes. ¹
3. Noun. (archaeology) An amateur archaeologist, especially one who seeks artifacts to sell without regard to their cultural importance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pothunter
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pothunter
Literary usage of Pothunter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Memories of Sir Llewelyn Turner: Memories Serious and Light of the Irish by Llewelyn Turner, J. E. Vincent (1903)
"... Graves, and Littledale—Littledale no pothunter—The Queen of the Ocean—A bad
racing course —Unscrupulous masters and racing—"Win, tie, ..."
2. The Squirrel Hunters of Ohio: Or, Glimpses of Pioneer Life, by N. E. Jones by Nelson Edwards Jones (1897)
"... and, excepting the "pothunter," they are provided with ample means for
self-preservation. He who steals upon a covey while enjoying the sunshine by some ..."
3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1874)
"But paddle down the creek, and on every projecting point you will find posted
some pothunter, who blazes away at every passing flock, frightening far more ..."
4. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1896)
"Now a man is not necessarily a pothunter because lie is out of date, and if the
old title ... pothunter—it isn'ta nice word—is it fair? is it even logical ..."
5. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"spec, pothunter. sporting, a. flash (cant). spot, n. 1. mark (contextual); spec,
dot, dab, speck, speckle, macula, maculation, dash, cast (rare;, daub, ..."
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