Poacher vs Sportsman - What's the difference?
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A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches.
A vessel with shallow cuplike compartments in which eggs are cooked over boiling water
(soccer) An attacker with good movement inside the penalty box, see .
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Any of type of elongated fish in the Agonidae family, also known as alligatorfish, starsnout, hooknose and rockhead.
(US, dialect) The American wigeon.
(UK) A man who engages in sports. A male athlete.
(dated) A man who engages in country sports, such as hunting or fishing.
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As nouns the difference between poacher and sportsman
is that poacher is a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches while sportsman is (uk) a man who engages in sports a male athlete.poacher
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(wikipedia poacher)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Regular supplier Barton played in another teasing corner, which was headed on towards goal by the impressive Ameobi and flicked in by expert poacher Nolan.}}
sportsman
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(wikipedia sportsman)Noun
(sportsmen)- At last extinguishing the fire, he took the idol up very unceremoniously, and bagged it again in his grego pocket as carelessly as if he were a sportsman bagging a dead woodcock.
