Potter

Noun

 * 1) One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1)  God, the creator.
 * 2) * 1611. Old Testament, King James Version, Isaiah 64:8,
 * But now, O Lord, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou art our potter; and we are the work of thy hand.
 * 1) * 1978. Old Testament, New International Version, Isaiah 64:8,
 * O Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of thy hand.
 * 1) One who places flowers or other plants inside their pots.

Derived terms

 * potter’s clay
 * potter’s field
 * potter’s rot


 * potter’s wheel
 * pottery

Verb

 * 1)  To poke repeatedly.
 * 2)  To act in a vague or unmotivated way.
 * 3)  To move slowly or aimlessly.  (Often potter about:, potter around:)

Derived terms

 * potter about
 * potter around

Thesaurus
beguile the time, burn daylight, ceramicist, ceramist, consume time, coquet, dabble, dally, dally away, diddle, diddle away, doodle, dribble away, drivel away, enamelist, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle-faddle, fidget with, finger with, flirt, fool, fool around, fool away, fool with, footle, fribble, fritter away, fritter away time, frivol, glass cutter, glassblower, glazer, horse around, idle, idle away, jerk off, kid around, kill time, loiter, lose time, meddle with, mess, mess around, monkey, monkey around, muddle away, pass the time, piddle, piss away, play, play around, play with, potter away, puddle, putter, pyroglazer, smatter, tinker, toy, toy with, trifle, trifle away, trifle with, twiddle, waste time, while away

Etymology 1
From pottere:, from  potier:

Etymology 2
Reduplicative alteration of pote:.

Noun

 * Arabic: خزاف
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azeri:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 陶瓷工
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: pottenbakker
 * Finnish: savenvalaja
 * French:
 * Georgian: მეთუნე
 * German:, Töpferin
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:


 * Hindi: or कुंहार
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 陶工
 * Macedonian: грнчар
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Telugu: కుమ్మరి (kummari)
 * Turkish: çömlekçi
 * Volapük: skalel,  hiskalel,  jiskalel