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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 villein
Familiarity information: COTTIER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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