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Cottier
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Cottier
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1. another name for cotter2 (sense 1)
2.
(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. another name for cottager (sense 1)
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Cottier
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1.
in Great Britain and Ireland, a farmer who lives in a cottage
2. Obsolete
in Ireland, a peasant renting a small piece of land under a system (called cottier tenure) of renting land to the highest bidder
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