COTTER
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)
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)
Meaning:
A medieval English villein
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
cottier; cotter
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)
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)
