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cottager Definition

cot·tager (-ər)

noun

  1. a person who lives or vacations in a cottage
  2. Brit. a farm laborer
  3. Cdn. a summer resident
cottager Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • visit: Jubilee Jottings When Her Majesty was at Balmoral recently she visited an old cottager living near.

Adjective modifier

  • poor: Trees were free fuel for poor cottagers, every one of whom had an ax.
  • young: Nothing could exceed the love and respect which the younger cottagers exhibited toward their venerable companion.
  • few: The few cottagers living in Wensleydale emptied their closets down a disused mine shaft.