COTTIER


Meaning of COTTIER in English

n. Brit. 1 a cottager. 2 hist. an Irish peasant under cottier tenure. cottier tenure hist. the letting of land in small portions at a rent fixed by competition.

[ ME f. OF cotier f. med.L cotarius: see COTERIE ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.