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pot·ter (pät′ər)

noun

a person who makes earthenware pots, dishes, etc.

Etymology: ME < Late OE pottere < ML pottarius

potter2 definition

pot·ter (pät′ər)

intransitive verb, transitive verb

Brit. putter

Etymology: freq. formation < obs. pote < OE potian, to push

Potter definition

Pot·ter (pät′ər)

Potter, Beatrix (bē′ə triks′) 1866-1943; Eng. writer & illustrator of children's books

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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