cottier
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of cottier
C14: from Old French cotier; see cote 1 , coterie
Example Sentences
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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
At the altar, serf and master, count or cottier, knelt side by side.
From The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century by Miles, George Henry
On the opposite bank sit in dreary solitude a starving cottier and his family.
From English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. by Everitt, Graham
The competition in Ireland was for the possession of land, at an extravagant rent, out of the labour upon which the cottier could only obtain the very lowest amount of necessaries for his subsistence.
From Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Knight, Charles
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
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