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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.

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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. a medieval English villein
  3. 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.]
  4. In Great Britain and Ireland, a person who hires a smallcottage, with or without a plot of land. Cottiers commonly aid in thework of the landlord's farm. [Written also cottar and cotter.]
  5. n a medieval English villein