Cottager

  • 121cotsetus — /kotsiytas/ A cottager or cottage holder who held by servile tenure and was bound to do the work of the lord …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 122coterellus — /kotarelas/ In feudal law, a cottager; a servile tenant, who held in mere villeinage; his person, issue, and goods were disposable at the lord s pleasure. A coterellus, therefore, occupied a less favorable position than a cotarius (q.v.), for the …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 123cotland — In old English law, land held by a cottager, whether in socage or villeinage …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 124cotsetus — /kotsiytas/ A cottager or cottage holder who held by servile tenure and was bound to do the work of the lord …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 125cotarius — A cottager holding at the will of the lord …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 126-er — [ər] suffix 1. [ME er(e) < OE ere < WGmc * arj, * ārj < or akin to, and reinforced by, L arius, arium, agentive suffixes (Anglo Fr er, ier), L ar (OFr er), L atur (OFr ëure), L atorium (OFr ëor, Fr oir), L ator (OFr ëor)] forming nouns… …

    English World dictionary

  • 127cotter — cotter1 [kät′ər] n. [ME < OFr cotier < cote, cottage < OE cot (or MDu kote), COT2] a cottager; specif., a) Scot. a tenant farmer b) Irish a cottier: Also sp. cottar cotter2 [kät′ər] n …

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  • 128cosset — v.tr. (cosseted, cosseting) pamper. Etymology: dial. cosset = pet lamb, prob. f. AF coscet, cozet f. OE cotsaeligta cottager (as COT(2), SIT) …

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