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

The miserable Catholic cottier was, of course, in a similar case, though relatively his hardship was less, since his condition, being the lowest possible in all circumstances, could scarcely be worse.

From The Framework of Home Rule by Childers, Erskine

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

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

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

He takes the cream and leaves the skimmed milk for the cottier, and having done all there is to do of the kind he chooses, he is off to some other money-making industry. 

From Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement by Smith, George