What does Potter mean?
Definitions for Potter
ˈpɒt ərpot·ter
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Potter.
Princeton's WordNet
potter, thrower, ceramicist, ceramistverb
a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln
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"
potter, putterverb
work lightly
"The old lady is pottering around in the garden"
putter, potter, potter around, putter aroundverb
move around aimlessly
Wiktionary
Potternoun
someone connected with Stoke City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
Potternoun
for a potter.
Etymology: Reduplicative alteration of pote.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
Webster Dictionary
Potternoun
one whose occupation is to make earthen vessels
Potternoun
one who hawks crockery or earthenware
Potternoun
one who pots meats or other eatables
Potternoun
the red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin
Potterverb
to busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to pother
Potterverb
to walk lazily or idly; to saunter
Potterverb
to poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother
Etymology: [Cf. F. potier.]
Freebase
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
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.
Potter
pot′ėr, v.i. to be fussily engaged about trifles: to loiter.—n. Pott′erer. [Prov. pote, to push.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Potter in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Potter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Potter in a Sentence
Sports/fantasy is a blend of two of my passions : sports and fantasy storytelling, i'm Vanessa Bryant and huge Harry Potter fan. So, it was a natural fit for me from that perspective.
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.
I do remember stopping by the way, To watch a potter thumping his wet clay; And with its all-obliterated tongue It murmured, ?Gently, brother, gently, pray!?
We thought they are so brilliant, that in some vault somewhere in Westminster there will be a Harry Potter-like book with all the tricks and all the things in it to do.
Everything( Kim Potter) did was legal and then Kim Potter tried to break away.
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- خزافArabic
- dulusAzerbaijani
- terrissaireCatalan, Valencian
- hrnčířCzech
- pottemagerDanish
- Töpferin, TöpferGerman
- αγγειοπλάστηςGreek
- potistoEsperanto
- alfarera, alfarero, ceramistaSpanish
- سفالگرPersian
- savenvalajaFinnish
- potière, potierFrench
- potaireIrish
- קדרHebrew
- कुंहार, कुम्हारHindi
- fazekasHungarian
- բրուտ, կավագործArmenian
- pembuat tembikarIndonesian
- vasaio, vasaiaItalian
- קדרHebrew
- 陶工Japanese
- მეთუნეGeorgian
- statuariumLatin
- kaihanga rīhiMāori
- грнчарMacedonian
- pottenbakker, pottenbaksterDutch
- pottemakerNorwegian
- garncarka, garncarzPolish
- oleiro, ceramista, oleiraPortuguese
- olarRomanian
- горшечник, гончарRussian
- krukmakareSwedish
- కుమ్మరిTelugu
- ช่างปั้นหม้อThai
- çömlekçiTurkish
- гончарUkrainian
- skalel, jiskalel, hiskalelVolapük
- טעפּערYiddish
- 波特Chinese
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