cottier

British  

/ ˈkɒtɪə /

noun

1. another name for cotter 2

2. (in Ireland) a peasant farming a smallholding under cottier tenure (the holding of not more than half an acre at a rent of not more than five pounds a year)

3. another name for cottager

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Etymology

Origin of cottier

C14: from Old French cotier; see _cote ¹ , _coterie

Example Sentences

Poor Maurice, whose heart could never stand the slightest wrong done the humblest cottier on his land, how will he bear up now?

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

Cott′ier, a cottar: an Irish tenant; Cott′ierism, the cottier system of land tenure.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

The farmer puts in the crop for the manure, the cottier paying the farmer's rent—5s. to 10s. a rood, or whatever it may be.

From The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times by Godkin, James

All the rest are Catholics, 14 of these being cottier tenants.

From Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) by Hurlbert, William Henry

This is the system which now exists, yet the great landholders I have consulted describe it as the result which will be brought about by giving the fee-simple of holdings to cottier tenants.

From Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. by Becker, Bernard H.