Noun: cotter kó-tu(r)
- A medieval English villein
"The cotter worked the lord's land in exchange for a small plot of his own";
- cottier [archaic]
- A peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands
"The cotter tended his small plot of land on the laird's estate";
- cottar
- Fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together
"The mechanic secured the axle with a cotter pin";
- cottar
Derived forms: cotters
Type of: bucolic, fastener, fastening, fixing, helot, holdfast, peasant, provincial, serf, villein
Encyclopedia: Cotter, Joseph