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Webster 1913 Edition
Cottager
Cot′ta-ger
(k?t′t?-j?r)
, Noun.
1.
One who lives in a cottage.
2.
(Law)
One who lives on the common, without paying any rent, or having land of his own.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cottager
COTTAGER
,Noun.
1.
One who lives in a hut or cottage.2.
In law, one who lives on the common, without paying any rent, or having land of his own.Definition 2024
Cottager
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See also: Cottager
English
Noun
cottager (plural cottagers)
- A person who has the tenure of a cottage, usually also the occupant.
- Elizabeth Gaskell
- I don't like shoppy people. I think we are far better off, knowing only cottagers and labourers, and people without pretence.
- Elizabeth Gaskell
- (Britain, slang) One who engages in sex in public lavatories; a practitioner of cottaging.
Synonyms
- coscet
- cotter
Translations
a person who has the tenure of a cottage
one who engages in sex in public lavatories