I. ˈpä-tər noun
Date: before 12th century
: one that makes pottery
II. intransitive verb
Etymology: probably frequentative of English dialect pote to poke
Date: 1829
: putter
• pot·ter·er ˈpä-tər-ər noun
• pot·ter·ing·ly ˈpä-tə-riŋ-lē adverb
I. ˈpä-tər noun
Date: before 12th century
: one that makes pottery
II. intransitive verb
Etymology: probably frequentative of English dialect pote to poke
Date: 1829
: putter
• pot·ter·er ˈpä-tər-ər noun
• pot·ter·ing·ly ˈpä-tə-riŋ-lē adverb
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003