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COTTIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cottier mean? 

COTTIER (noun)
  The noun COTTIER has 1 sense:

1. a medieval English villeinplay

  Familiarity information: COTTIER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COTTIER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A medieval English villein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

cotter; cottier

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

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


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