What does potter mean?

Definitions for potter
ˈpɒt ərpot·ter

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word potter.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. potter, thrower, ceramicist, ceramistverb

    a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln

  2. putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck aroundverb

    do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

    "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"

  3. potter, putterverb

    work lightly

    "The old lady is pottering around in the garden"

  4. putter, potter, potter around, putter aroundverb

    move around aimlessly

Wiktionary

  1. Potternoun

    someone connected with Stoke City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

  2. Potternoun

    for a potter.

  3. Etymology: Reduplicative alteration of pote.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Potternoun

    A maker of earthen vessels.

    Etymology: potier, Fr. from pot.

    My thoughts are whirled like a potter’s wheel. William Shakespeare.

    Some press the plants with sherds of potters clay. Dryd.

    A potter will not have any chalk or marl mixed with the clay; for though it will hold burning, yet whenever any water comes near any such pots, it will slack and spoil the ware. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

    He like the potter in a mould his cast
    The world’s great frame. Matthew Prior.

ChatGPT

  1. potter

    A potter is a person who makes pottery, such as pots, dishes, and other ceramic products, usually on a potter's wheel. They may also be involved in the entire process from preparing clay, shaping it into the desired form, decorating, glazing and finally firing it. Potters can be hobbyists, professionals or artists, producing work ranging from practical everyday items to decorative or artistic pieces.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Potternoun

    one whose occupation is to make earthen vessels

  2. Potternoun

    one who hawks crockery or earthenware

  3. Potternoun

    one who pots meats or other eatables

  4. Potternoun

    the red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin

  5. Potterverb

    to busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to pother

  6. Potterverb

    to walk lazily or idly; to saunter

  7. Potterverb

    to poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother

  8. Etymology: [Cf. F. potier.]

Wikidata

  1. Potter

    Potter is a town in Yates County, New York, in the United States. The Town of Potter is located in the northwest part of the county and is south of Canandaigua, New York. The population was 1,865 at the 2010 census.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Potter

    pot′ėr, n. one who makes earthenware.—n. Pott′ery, earthenware vessels: a place where earthenware is manufactured: the business of a potter.—Potter's clay, clay used in the making of earthenware; Potter's field, a burial-place for strangers (Matt. xxvii. 7); Potter's wheel, a horizontal wheel on which clay vessels are shaped.

  2. Potter

    pot′ėr, v.i. to be fussily engaged about trifles: to loiter.—n. Pott′erer. [Prov. pote, to push.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. POTTER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Potter is ranked #457 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Potter surname appeared 72,175 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 24 would have the surname Potter.

    89% or 64,286 total occurrences were White.
    5.1% or 3,703 total occurrences were Black.
    2.5% or 1,804 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.9% or 1,415 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.7% or 563 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.5% or 404 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of potter in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of potter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of potter in a Sentence

  1. Ben Crump:

    The family is glad she (Potter) got charged but they do hope and pray for a day where they get equal justice, why should we always get a fragment of justice.

  2. Comedian Jimmy Fallon:

    It’s scary, it’s fun, it’s exciting, do you know the ‘Harry Potter’ rides? It’s like that, except instead of Harry Potter, it’s me. Instead of Hogwarts, it’s New York City.

  3. Rupert Grint:

    I am the biggest "Harry Potter" fan; I even was before I knew there was going to be a film. I read all the books. The fourth one is amazing. It's scary, but I like all the books. You've got to read them all to get the complete Harry Potter experience. In the third book, I like all the bits about Scabbers being an Animagus. And I like that Ron gets an owl.

  4. Andrew Sims:

    It seems like (Rowling) had the break she needed and she's now ready to get back to the Potter world in a big way.

  5. Kim Rhode:

    I did end up getting a first-edition Beatrix Potter in London during the Olympics. Who knows what this one will be ? maybe there's some book down in Rio that I can't live without.

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