potter
See also: Potter
English
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Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒtə(r)
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English pottere, from late (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English pottere (“potter”), equivalent to pot + -er, influenced by (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French potier (“potter”). More at pot. Displaced Old English crocwyrhta (“crock-wright”).
Noun
potter (plural potters)
- One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.
- 1961, J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, vol. 92, p. 453,
- shoemakers, weavers, potters, bronzeworkers who produced and purveyed the articles necessary for daily life.
- 1961, J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, vol. 92, p. 453,
- One who places flowers or other plants inside their pots.
- One who pots meats or other eatables.
- One who hawks crockery or earthenware.
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Synonyms
- (Pseudemys rubriventris): northern red-bellied cooter
- (maker of ceramics): ceramicist
Derived terms
Translations
one who makes pots and ceramic wares
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one who places flowers or other plants inside their pots
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one who pots food
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one who hawks earthenware
Pseudemys rubriventris
Deirochelys serrata
Further reading
References
- (Biblical) Bratcher, Dennis Bratcher (2006), The Potter, The Voice CRI/Voice Institute[1]
Etymology 2
Frequentative of pote, equivalent to pote + -er. Cognate with Dutch poteren, peuteren (“to poke, pry, search”).
Alternative forms
Verb
potter (third-person singular simple present potters, present participle pottering, simple past and past participle pottered)
- (British) To act in a vague or unmotivated way; to fuss about with unimportant things.
- (British) To move slowly or aimlessly. (Often potter about, potter around.)
- (obsolete) To poke repeatedly.
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
potter m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
potter f
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