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cot⋅ter

1  [kot-er] Machinery
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–noun
1. a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
2. cotter pin.
–verb (used with object)
3. to secure with a cotter.
Origin:
1300–50; ME coter; akin to late ME coterell iron bracket; of uncert. orig.
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cot⋅ter

2  [kot-er]
–noun
1. Scot. a person occupying a plot of land and cottage, paid for in services.
2. cottager (def. 2).
Origin:
1175–1225; ME cotere < AF cot(i)er; see cot 2 , -er 2

cot⋅tag⋅er

  [kot-i-jer]
–noun
1. a person who lives in a cottage.
2. Also, cotter, cot⋅ti⋅er  [kot-ee-er] . British. a rural worker; a laborer on a farm or in a small village.
3. a person having a private house at a vacation resort.
Origin:
1540–50; cottage + -er 1
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cot·ter   (kŏt'ər)   
n.  

  1. A bolt, wedge, key, or pin inserted through a slot in order to hold parts together.

  2. A cotter pin.


[Origin unknown.]
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Word Origin & History

cotter 
1649, perhaps a shortened form of cotterel, a dial. word for "cotter pin or bolt, bracket to hang a pot over a fire" (1570), itself of uncertain origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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