cottager

[kot-i-jer]

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noun

a person who lives in a cottage.

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.

a person having a private house at a vacation resort.

RELATED WORDS

provincial, rustic, squire

Origin of cottager

First recorded in 1540–50; cottage + -er¹

Related formsnon·cot·tag·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for cottager

Historical Examples of cottager

The baron raged like a tiger, and the cottager laid about him like a thresher.
Maid Marian
Thomas Love Peacock
A Cottager and his wife had a hen which laid every day a golden egg.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17)
Various
The tree was discovered by a cottager, whose wife was ill in bed.
Chatterbox, 1906
Various
I inquired of a cottager residing on the spot what the thing meant?
Notes and Queries, Number 208, October 22, 1853
Various
On his return after a vacation, the clergyman met the cottager's wife.
Jokes For All Occasions
Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for cottager

cottager

noun

a person who lives in a cottage

a rural labourer

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

history another name for cotter 2

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