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pothunter

9.9

A person who joins contests mainly to win trophies or prizes

noun
/ˈpɑːthʌntər/

: cazador de trofeos

The club discourages pothunters who care more about the prize than the spirit of the game.

Examples

As a well-known pothunter, he joins every major cooking contest in the city.
Some people accuse her of being a pothunter, but she insists she truly loves competing.
He is a notorious pothunter who only cares about trophies.
Many pothunters enter competitions just for the prizes.
As a competitive pothunter, she participates in every contest just to win the trophies.
The organizers monitor the events closely to prevent pothunters who are only interested in the prizes.
His friends call him a pothunter because he only joins competitions to collect awards.

Antonyms

enthusiast

81 3.4

A person who is very interested and excited about a hobby or subject

How Competitive

pothunter

9.9

competitor

298 2.4

contestant

167 2.8

participant

295 2.4

Surface Forms

pothunter singular

pothunters plural

Morphology

pothunter = pot + hunter (semi-transparent) = pot + hunt + er

The form clearly compounds 'pot' + 'hunter', but 'pot' as 'prize' (trophy/stakes) is not an immediately obvious sense to many learners.

Etymology

The word pothunter is made of pot and hunter, with pot meaning the 'prize' or money you win, like the pot in poker. So a pothunter is someone who enters contests mainly to win the prize.