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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
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 < ?

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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