cottar Hear it!

Variant of cotter¹

cotter¹ Definition

cot·ter (kät′ər)

noun

a cottager; specif.,
  1. Scot. a tenant farmer
  2. Irish a cottier

Etymology: ME < OFr cotier < cote, cottage < OE cot (or MDu kote), cot

Also sp. cottar cot′·tar

Variant of cotter²

cotter² Definition

cot·ter (kät′ər)

noun

  1. a bolt or wedge put through a slot to hold together parts of machinery
  2. cotter pin

Etymology: ME coter < ?

cottar Quotes

He that steals a cow from a poor widow, or a stirk from a cottar, is a thief; he that lifts a drove from a Sassenach laird, is a gentleman-drover. And, besides, to take a tree from the forest, a salmon from the river, a deer from the hill, or a cow from a Lowland strath, is what no Highlander need ever think shame upon. —Scott, Sir Walter