cottager en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɒtɪd͡ʒə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /ˈkɑtɪd͡ʒɚ/ (US)
Etymology
From cottage (“small hut”) + -er (demonym suffix); compare cotter.
Meanings
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A person who has the tenure of a cottage, usually also the occupant.
A cottager, I mark’d a throne Of half the world as all my own, And murmur’d at such lowly lot!
1827, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Tamerlane and Other Poems:The silver hair and benevolent countenance of the aged cottager, won my reverence; while the gentle manners of the girl enticed my love.
1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter III, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume II, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 48:I don't like shoppy people. I think we are far better off, knowing only cottagers and labourers, and people without pretence.
1854 September – 1855 January, [Elizabeth Gaskell], “Roses and Thorns”, in North and South. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1855, →OCLC, page 23:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cottagers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (4)
gd màlair (a person who has the tenure of a cottage) · io dometano (a person who has the tenure of a cottage) · la casarius (a person who has the tenure of a cottage) · gv cotteyr (a person who has the tenure of a cottage)