potter

[ pot-er ]

/ ˈpɒt ər /

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noun

a person who makes pottery.

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Origin of potter

before 1100; Middle English; late Old English pottere.See pot¹, -er¹

Other definitions for potter (2 of 3)

potter²

[ pot-er ]

/ ˈpɒt ər /

verb (used without object), noun Chiefly British.

putter¹.

Origin of potter

1520–30; frequentative of obsolete, dial. pote to push, poke, Middle English poten,Old English potian to push, thrust. See put, -er⁶

OTHER WORDS FROM potter

pot·ter·er, nounpot·ter·ing·ly, adverb

Other definitions for potter (3 of 3)

Potter

[ pot-er ]

/ ˈpɒt ər /

noun

Be·a·trix

[bee-uh-triks], /ˈbi ə trɪks/, 1866–1943, English writer and illustrator of children's books.

Paul, 1625–54, Dutch painter.

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How to use potter in a sentence

That was when the Talbot County branch of the NAACP, led by Potter, first petitioned the county council to have the monument removed.
Activists promise to continue fight against ‘Talbot Boys’ Confederate monument|Jonathan M. Pitts|January 20, 2021|Washington Post
It’s not so much the existence of the monument that his group opposes, Potter said recently, but its location.
Activists promise to continue fight against ‘Talbot Boys’ Confederate monument|Jonathan M. Pitts|January 20, 2021|Washington Post
The House adopted Potter’s resolution and set up an 11-man committee consisting of Democrats and anti-Hayes Republicans.
Ted Cruz’s proposed election commission can only hurt the country|Stuart MacKay|January 6, 2021|Washington Post
So a team led by Potter began reaching out to small pockets of the Infatuation’s newsletter subscribers to gauge their interest in different kinds of services, ranging from virtual classes to curated grocery boxes.
‘Outside the four walls of a restaurant’: Why The Infatuation cooked up a marketplace model during the pandemic|Max Willens|December 1, 2020|Digiday

Potter said that she thinks Outpost could expand into Chicago and Los Angeles next.
‘Outside the four walls of a restaurant’: Why The Infatuation cooked up a marketplace model during the pandemic|Max Willens|December 1, 2020|Digiday
The camp grew still, except for the rough and ready cook pottering about the fire, boiling buffalo-meat and mixing biscuit-dough.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Look here: you're pottering about this country just now; just count how many houses you find with the name 'Hafod Unos.'
Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions
Wollaston and I spent most of the afternoon pottering round and collecting seeds of plants of different kinds.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921|Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
I left the pottering Cather to put ship-shape his cabin (as he now called it) for himself––a rainy-day occupation for aliens.
The Cruise of the Shining Light|Norman Duncan
Midway of the main bridge a handful of French engineers were pottering away, rather leisurely, I thought, at some job or other.
The Glory of The Coming|Irvin S. Cobb

British Dictionary definitions for potter (1 of 3)

potter¹

/ (ˈpɒtə) /

noun

a person who makes pottery

British Dictionary definitions for potter (2 of 3)

potter²

esp US and Canadian putter

/ (ˈpɒtə) /

British

verb

(intr; often foll by about or around) to busy oneself in a desultory though agreeable manner

(intr; often foll by along or about) to move with little energy or directionto potter about town

(tr usually foll by away) to waste (time)to potter the day away

noun

the act of pottering

Derived forms of potter

potterer or esp US and Canadian putterer, noun

Word Origin for potter

C16 (in the sense: to poke repeatedly): from Old English potian to thrust; see put

British Dictionary definitions for potter (3 of 3)

Potter

/ (ˈpɒtə) /

noun

(Helen) Beatrix. 1866–1943, British author and illustrator of children's animal stories, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902)

Dennis (Christopher George). 1935–94, British dramatist. His TV plays include Pennies from Heaven (1978), The Singing Detective (1986), and Blackeyes (1989)

Paulus. 1625–54, Dutch painter, esp of animals

Stephen. 1900–70, British humorist and critic. Among his best-known works are Gamesmanship (1947) and One-Upmanship (1952), on the art of achieving superiority over others

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potter

Origin of potter

Other definitions for potter (2 of 3)

Origin of potter

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How to use potter in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for potter (1 of 3)

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esp US and Canadian putter

Derived forms of potter

Word Origin for potter

British Dictionary definitions for potter (3 of 3)