Potter

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.^[1]

• (British) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒtə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑtɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒtə(ɹ)

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.

Potter (countable and uncountable, plural Potters)

1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a potter.
   • 2023 February 16, Pavlo Kazarin, “A year ago I volunteered as a soldier in the Ukrainian army”, in NATO Review‎^[1], archived from the original on 31 March 2025:

     We are Harry Potter and William Wallace, the Na’vi and Han Solo. We’re escaping from Shawshank and blowing up the Death Star. We are fighting with the Harkonnens and challenging Thanos. Ukraine is hosting one of the great epics of this century.

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.
3. Ellipsis of Harry Potter (“the Wizarding World”).
   • 2004 June 4, Ann Hornaday, “Harry-Raising Adventure”, in The Washington Post‎^[2], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 March 2016:

     In the interest of full disclosure, let it be said: This reviewer is not a Potterphile, has never cracked a Potter book or darkened the door of a theater playing one of the Potter movies.

   • 2006, Charles H Lippy, Faith in America [Three Volumes] [3 Volumes]: Changes, Challenges, New Directions, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 73:

     Despite the success of the novels, press about Harry Potter has not all been positive. Many people, especially some evangelical Christians, have been less than optimistic about the Potter influence.

   • 2011 July 14, John Beifuss, “‘Deathly Hallows: Part 2’ ends Potter saga”, in The Commercial Appeal, page M4:

     The emphasis in the script by Steve Kloves (a credited contributor to all but one of the Potter screenplays) is on intensity, […]

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Potter.

Potter

1. Potter

• English: Potter
• ⇒ Yola: Potteran

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