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Definition of Cottar
1. Noun. A peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands.
2. Noun. Fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together.
Specialized synonyms: Cotter Pin
Generic synonyms: Fastener, Fastening, Fixing, Holdfast
Definition of Cottar
1. Noun. (sense Scotland) variant spelling of “cotter” in the sense of a farmer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cottar
1. cotter [n -S] - See also: cotter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cottar
Literary usage of Cottar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"Rummy thing,» said the adjutant, after cottar had returned to his wilderness with
... If cottar only knew it, half the women in the station would give their ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"spec. cotter, cottar, cottier (Great Britain and Ireland), muzhik or moujik,
ryot, fellah. pebble, n. stone (contextual); spec, chuck- ie (a quartz pebble; ..."
3. The London Catalogue of Books Published in Great Britain: With Their Sizes by Thomas Hodgson (1851)
"... 12mo 03 Worship and Image Adoration, 12mo 03 0 Rodwell 0 Hamilton 6 Hamilton
0 Bagster 6 Bentley 0 A'idd 0 Kidd O Bogue 0 cottar» ..."
4. The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany (1809)
"... and ivai about to emigrate to Jamaica, In gowns ые green, To «rew the cottar's
path wi' flow'r«, " Full many a flow'r is born to blush unseen, ..."
5. Law Lyrics by Robert Bird (1887)
"THE CONTENTED cottar. OH ! I hae seen amang the clouds The skylark steer his
wherry, And I hae heard afar fra crowds The mavis whistling merry ; Than me, ..."
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