A peasant who lives in a cot or cottage; a cottager; originally a villein who occupied a cottage; a ‘cotset’, ‘cottar’ or ‘coterell’.
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| 释义 | society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > inhabitant of house > inhabitants of specific types of house > cottager by service of labour (5) cottier1386 A peasant who lives in a cot or cottage; a cottager; originally a villein who occupied a cottage; a ‘cotset’, ‘cottar’ or ‘coterell’. coterell1393 A cottar, a cottager. cottar1552 (a) Scottish. A peasant who occupies a cot-house or cottage belonging to a farm (sometimes with a plot of land attached), for which he has (or had)… cotman1559 The tenant of a cot or cottage; a cottager, ‘cotset’, or ‘coterell’; in Scottish a cottar. Also attributive, as in cotman land, agricultural land… cottager1760 Scottish. A tenant on a farm who occupies a cottage in return for providing labour to the farmer; = cottar, n. 2. Obsolete. |
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