Word Study
cottar
CIDE DICTIONARY
cottar, n. [LL. cotarius, cottarius, coterius. See Cot.].
A cottager; a cottier. Burns. [1913 Webster]
"Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang
Good morrow to the cotter." [1913 Webster]
Good morrow to the cotter." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cottar, n. (also cotter)
1 Sc. & hist. a farm-labourer or tenant occupying a cottage in return for labour as required.
2 Ir. hist. = COTTIER.
1 Sc. & hist. a farm-labourer or tenant occupying a cottage in return for labour as required.
2 Ir. hist. = COTTIER.
Etymology
COT(2) + -ER(1) (Sc. -ar)
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