COTTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cotter mean? 

• COTTER (noun)
  The noun COTTER has 3 senses:

1. a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands

2. a medieval English villein

3. fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together

  Familiarity information: COTTER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COTTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

cottar; cotter

Hypernyms ("cotter" is a kind of...):

bucolic; peasant; provincial (a country person)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A medieval English villein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

cotter; cottier

Hypernyms ("cotter" is a kind of...):

helot; serf; villein ((Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cottar; cotter

Hypernyms ("cotter" is a kind of...):

fastener; fastening; fixing; holdfast (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cotter"):

cotter pin (a cotter consisting of a split pin that is secured (after passing through a hole) by splitting the ends apart)