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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
cottar
    n 1: a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands [syn: cotter,
         cottar]
    2: fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot
       to hold two other pieces together [syn: cotter, cottar]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cottier \Cot"ti*er\ (-t[i^]*[~e]r), n. [OF. cotier. See
   Coterie, and cf. Cotter.]
   In Great Britain and Ireland, a person who hires a small
   cottage, with or without a plot of land. Cottiers commonly
   aid in the work of the landlord's farm. [Written also
   cottar and cotter.]
   [1913 Webster]
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cotter \Cot"ter\, Cottar \Cot"tar\ (k?t"t?r), n. [LL. cotarius,
   cottarius, coterius. See Cot.]
   A cottager; a cottier. --Burns.
   [1913 Webster]

         Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang
         Good morrow to the cotter.               --Whittier.
   [1913 Webster]
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