cottager

[ kot-i-jer ]
/ ˈkɒt ɪ dʒər /

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.

Origin of cottager

First recorded in 1540–50; cottage + -er1

OTHER WORDS FROM cottager

non·cot·tag·er, noun

Words nearby cottager

cottage pie, cottage pudding, cottage roll, cottage tulip, cottage window, cottager, cottaging, cottbus, cotte's operation, cotter, cotter pin

Example sentences from the Web for cottier

British Dictionary definitions for cottier (1 of 2)

cottier
/ (ˈkɒtɪə) /

noun

another name for cotter 2 (def. 1)
(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)
another name for cottager (def. 1)

Word Origin for cottier

C14: from Old French cotier; see cote 1, coterie

British Dictionary definitions for cottier (2 of 2)

cottager
/ (ˈkɒtɪdʒə) /

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