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(also cotter )
■ noun historical (in Scotland and Ireland) a farm labourer or tenant occupying a cottage in return for labour.
Origin
OE, from cot 2 + -ar 4 .
COTTAR
Meaning of COTTAR in English
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004