potter
1a person who makes pottery.
Origin of potter
1Other definitions for potter (2 of 3)
Origin of potter
2Other words from potter
- pot·ter·er, noun
- pot·ter·ing·ly, adverb
Other definitions for Potter (3 of 3)
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
They call dad a 'rainbow-chaser,' and say he never can find any pay-rock the way he potters around.
Motor Matt's Daring, or, True to His Friends | Stanley R. MatthewsWe intentionally refrained from a visit to the Potters field, or execution ground, immediately adjacent to the prison.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army | Charles Alexander GordonBrahmins and chumars, bankers and tinkers, barbers and bunnias, pilgrims and potters—all the world going and coming.
Kim | Rudyard KiplingI have known you ever since you came to Jabez Potters, and I never knew you to say a dishonest or unkind word.
Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross | Alice B. EmersonThe idea of giving up a dollar to Jabez Potters mind is bigger than the shooting of a thousand men.
Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross | Alice B. Emerson
British Dictionary definitions for potter (1 of 3)
/ (ˈpɒtə) /
a person who makes pottery
British Dictionary definitions for potter (2 of 3)
esp US and Canadian putter
/ (ˈpɒtə) /
(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 direction: to potter about town
(tr usually foll by away) to waste (time): to potter the day away
the act of pottering
Origin of potter
2Derived forms of potter
- potterer or esp US and Canadian putterer, noun
British Dictionary definitions for Potter (3 of 3)
/ (ˈpɒtə) /
(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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