pothunter

Meaning

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.

Origin

• pot + hunter – in hunting sense, “for the (cooking) pot (to eat)”; in the archeology sense, “seeking old pots (to sell)”.