cottar

variants or cotter

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Recent Examples of cottar In 1846 and 1847, potatoes, the subsistence crop of the cottar subtenants who composed nearly half the population on some Hebridean estates, failed almost entirely. Hugh Raffles, The New York Review of Books, 9 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cottar
Noun
  • Her character is a peasant who, around the midway mark, gives an inspiring speech to her granddaughter, Afra (Wardi Eilabuni).
    Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Slaves, serfs, peasants, and wage workers mostly understood that what was being struck was a hammer blow on their behalf.
    Jack Sheehan September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Not only does the peon and con man Tom end up refashioning himself as the rich and carefree Dickie, but Highsmith’s novel itself was a retelling of Henry James’s The Ambassadors.
    Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Not afraid but brave, not weak but empowered, not peons but partners.
    Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • Now, if the board is made up of more boors than just the one, this may not be a workable solution.
    R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 16 July 2025
  • For their part, the Russians considered the Mizrahim—indeed, most Israelis—loud, uncultured boors.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024

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“Cottar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cottar. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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