Definition of "cottar" []

• Alternative form of cotter (peasant inhabiting a cottage) (noun)

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• "He was what is called a cottar in Scotland, which name implies that of the large farm upon which he worked for yearly wages he had a little bit of land to cultivate for his own use."
• "They were, indeed, like other cottars, a kind of feudal dependents, occupying an acre or two of the land, in return for which they performed certain stipulated labour, called cottar-wark."
• ""I'm a man of my hands," said the cottar confidently."