Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cottar"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cotter \Cot"ter\, Cottar \Cot"tar\ (k?t"t?r), n. [LL. cotarius,
cottarius, coterius. See {Cot}.]
A cottager; a cottier. --Burns.
Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang Good morrow
to the cotter. --Whittier.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cottier \Cot"ti*er\ (-t[i^]*[~e]r), n. [OF. cotier. See
{Coterie}, and cf. {Cotter}.]
In Great Britain and Ireland, a person who hires a small
cottage, with or without a plot of land. Cottiers commonly
aid in the work of the landlord's farm. [Written also
{cottar} and {cotter}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cottar
n 1: a peasant farmer in the Scottish highlands [syn: {cotter}]
2: fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a
slot to hold two other pieces together [syn: {cotter}]
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