ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Cottier

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Cottier is a noun meaning Someone who lives in a cot or cottage; a cottager.

Meaning

Someone who lives in a cot or cottage; a cottager.

Example Sentences

[W]hat he objects to giving, is a little return on rent-days to help a tenant to buy stock, or an outlay on repairs to keep the weather out at a tenant's barn-door or make his house look a little less like an Irish cottier's.

Word Forms

Synonyms for cottier

Depending on context, synonyms include cotter.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cotter, tenancy, cothouse, cotsetla, cottar, cote.

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