ALL meanings of cottier
cot·tag·er
C c - noun cottier (in Ireland) a peasant farming a smallholding under cottier tenure (the holding of not more than half an acre at a rent of not more than five pounds a year) 3
- noun cottier in Great Britain and Ireland, a farmer who lives in a cottage 3
- noun cottier in Ireland, a peasant renting a small piece of land under a system (called cottier tenure) of renting land to the highest bidder 3
- noun cottier a person who lives in a cottage. 1
- noun cottier Also, cotter, cottier [kot-ee-er] /ˈkɒt i ər/ (Show IPA). British. a rural worker; a laborer on a farm or in a small village. 1
- noun cottier a person having a private house at a vacation resort. 1
- noun cottier A rural laborer living in a cottage. 1
- noun cottier Alternative form of cotter (one performing labour in exchange for the right to live in a cottage). 0