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Lotter was the last name of a family of German printers, intimately connected with the Reformation.
The surname may also refer to:
- Melchior Lotter (born 15th century), German printer and founder of Lotter family
- Hieronymus Lotter (1497–1580), Renaissance builder and architect (see Augustusburg Hunting Lodge and Moritzbastei) who lived and died in Geyer, Germany, and former mayor of Leipzig, Germany
- Tobias Conrad Lotter (circa 18th century), master engraver and son-in-law of German map publisher Matthäus Seutter
- Hans Lotter (1917–2008), highly decorated Oberleutnant in the Luftwaffe during World War II
- Shelley Lotter, co-founder of the Yale University Redhot & Blue (musical group) in 1977
- Markus Lotter (born 1970), German football coach and a former player
- Madelein Lotter (born 1971), former South Africa cricketer
- John Lotter (born 1971), convicted murderer and character in the 1999 film Boys Don't Cry
- Bebe Lotter, fictional character played by Donna Mills in the 1972 television film Rolling Man
- Gert Lotter (born 1993), Namibian cricketer and rugby union player
- Albert Lotter, editor of Wrapped magazine
- Johann Lotter, violinist on the albums Victoria Day (2009) and The Waiting (2010)
Usage examples of "lotter".
Dave, but if you must know, it was the culmination of a lotter things.
And although the lady had appeared as aristocratic as a princess, she had been more friendly with humble folk, such as Marianne, than many a Middle Lotter who ran about in torn stockings.
The chief leaders of separate commandos were Kritzinger, Scheepers, Malan, Myburgh, Fouche, Lotter, Smuts, Van Reenen, Lategan, Maritz, and Conroy, the two latter operating on the western side of the country.
Scheepers, Lotter, Lategan, and a few small wandering bands were the only Boers left in the Colony, and to these the British columns now turned their attention, with the result that Lategan, towards the end of the month, was also driven over the river.
It was a new departure therefore when, upon September 4th, the commando of Lotter was entirely destroyed by the column of Scobell.
The execution of Lotter and his lieutenants was a sign that the patience of a long-suffering Empire had at last reached an end.
Fortunately there was no reason for desperate councils in their case, since they did not fight as Lotter had done, with the shadow of judgment hanging over him.
So I gets a lotter green paint and I paints her stem to stern, and I tell yer she looked A1.
But big Churi, the leader of the Middle Lotters, our enemies, is Hannibal.
When it became known that the strange woman had died, there was a great deal of talk, especially among the Middle Lotters, in whose midst the woman had lived, but had never been seen--a fact which had always caused suspicion.
The Middle Lotters especially were against the morning church service.
The Middle Lotters had naturally joined the Lower Wooders against the Upper Wooders and so they were now a large army.
The officers whom he had chosen were all his good friends, the toughest Middle Lotters that could be found.
Lower Wooders and Middle Lotters would be in that region, and the culprits would never be found out from among such a large crowd.
Having arrived below, he met the Middle Lotters, who were bending in groups here and there, or lying on the ground, eating the berries which they picked.