cottager

[ kot-i-jer ]
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noun
  1. a person who lives in a cottage.

  2. Also cotter, cot·ti·er [kot-ee-er]. /ˈkɒt i ər/. British. a rural worker; a laborer on a farm or in a small village.

  1. a person having a private house at a vacation resort.

Origin of cottager

1
First recorded in 1540–50; cottage + -er1

Other words from cottager

  • non·cot·tag·er, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for cottager

cottager

/ (ˈkɒtɪdʒə) /


noun
  1. a person who lives in a cottage

  2. a rural labourer

  1. mainly Canadian a person holidaying in a cottage, esp an owner and seasonal resident of a cottage in a resort area

  2. history another name for cotter 2

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