A peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands.

synonym: cottar.

A medieval English villein.

synonym: cottier.

Roget 188: inhabitant; resident, residentiary^†; dweller, indweller^†; addressee; occupier, occupant; householder, lodger, inmate, tenant, incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens, commorant^†; settler, squatter, backwoodsman, colonist; islander; denizen, citizen; burgher, oppidan^†, cockney, cit, townsman, burgess; villager; cottager, cottier^†, cotter; compatriot; backsettler^†, boarder; hotel keeper, innkeeper; habitant; paying guest; planter.    native, indigene, aborigines, autochthones^†; Englishman, John Bull; newcomer etc. (stranger) 57.    aboriginal, American^†, Caledonian, Cambrian, Canadian, Canuck [Slang], downeaster [U.S.], Scot, Scotchman, Hibernian, Irishman, Welshman, Uncle Sam, Yankee, Brother Jonathan.    garrison, crew; population; people etc. (mankind) 372; colony, settlement; household; mir^†.    ... show more

Fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together.

synonym: cottar.

Polish: zawleczka