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cottier¹

Where it comes from

From Old French cotier. See coterie, and compare cotter.

noun cottiers

  1. Someone who lives in a cot or cottage; a cottager. Because a cottier deeply in arrears to his landlord is not industrious, there are people who think that the Irish are naturally idle.

Cottier²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French Cottier, or a variant of Cotter.

proper noun Cottiers

  1. A surname from French.

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"cottier." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cottier. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cottier. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cottier

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"cottier." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cottier.

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@misc{cottier_2026,
  title = {cottier},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cottier},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}