Potter

See also: potter

English

Etymology

From Middle English Potter, English, Dutch, and north German surname, from the noun pot.

The usage for someone from Stoke-on-Trent refers to it being the home of the pottery industry in England, where it is also known as The Potteries.

Noun

Potter (plural Potters)

1. A person from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
2. (soccer) someone connected with Stoke City Football Club (in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK), as a fan, player, coach etc.

Proper noun

Potter (countable and uncountable, plural Potters)

1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a potter.
2. A placename
   1. A number of places in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community and township in Polk County, Arkansas.
      2. A village in Cheyenne County, Nebraska.
      3. A town in Yates County, New York.
      4. A township in Barnes County, North Dakota.
      5. Two townships in Pennsylvania, in Beaver County and Centre County.
      6. A village in Calumet County, Wisconsin.
   2. Ellipsis of Potter County.

Derived terms

• Harry Potter
• Potter County
• Potterdom
• Potteresque
• Potterfic
• Potterhead
• Potterholic
• Potterian
• Potterite
• Potterlock
• Pottermania
• Pottermaniac
• Potterphile
• Potter Valley
• Potterverse

 

Translations

surname

• Arabic: بُوتَر (būtar)
• Belarusian: Потэр (Póter)
• Bengali: পটার (poṭar)
• Breton: Potter (borrowing from English)
• Bulgarian: Потър (Potǎr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波特 (zh) (Bōtè)

• Faroese: Potter (borrowing from English)
• Galician: Potter (borrowing from English)
• Greek: Πότερ (el) (Póter)
• Greenlandic: ^{(please verify)} Potter (borrowing from English)
• Hawaiian: Potter (borrowing from English)
• Hebrew: פוטר
• Hindi: पॉटर (pŏṭar)
• Japanese: ポッター (Pottā)
• Korean: 포터 (Poteo)
• Low German: Potter (borrowing from English)
• Macedonian: Потер (Poter)
• Occitan: Potter (borrowing from English)
• Persian: پاتر (pâtar)
• Portuguese: Potter
• Russian: По́ттер (ru) (Pótter)
• Scots: Potter
• Serbo-Croatian: Потер, Potter, Poter
• Swedish: Potter (sv)
• Thai: พอตเตอร์ (por-dtà-dtêr)
• Ukrainian: Поттер (Potter)
• Uyghur: پوتتېر (pottër)
• Welsh: Potter
• West Frisian: Potter (borrowing from English)
• Yiddish: פּאָטער (poter)

See also

• Potters Bar

 

Middle English

Proper noun

Potter

1. Potter

Descendants

• English: Potter
• Yola: Potteran

References

• “Potter”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.