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cottager

UK/ˈkɒtɪd͡ʒə/US/ˈkɑtɪd͡ʒɚ/

cottager noun: a person who has the tenure of a cottage, usually also the occupant.

Noun (1)

cottager (plural cottagers)

  1. A person who has the tenure of a cottage, usually also the occupant.
    • 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...
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    cotter, cottier, coscet

Noun (2)

cottager (plural cottagers)

  1. (UK, slang) One who engages in sex in public lavatories; a practitioner of cottaging.

Noun (3) capitalized: Cottager

Cottager (plural Cottagers)

  1. (UK) Someone connected with Fulham Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

Synonyms of cottager

Forms of cottager

pluralcottagers
pluralCottagers

Origin of cottager

From cottage (“small hut”) + -er (demonym suffix); compare cotter.

From cottage (“to have sex in a public lavatory”) + -er (agent noun suffix).

From the name of the stadium, Craven Cottage.

Questions about cottager

What does cottager mean?
Cottager means a person who has the tenure of a cottage, usually also the occupant.
What part of speech is cottager?
Cottager is a noun.
How do you pronounce cottager?
Cottager is pronounced /ˈkɒtɪd͡ʒə/ (UK).
What is the plural of cottager?
The plural of cottager is cottagers.

Words near cottager in the dictionary

  1. cottage-core
  2. cottagecore
  3. cottaged
  4. cottageless
  5. cottagelike
  6. cottager
  7. cottagers
  8. cottages
  9. cottages ornés
  10. cottagey
  11. cottaging

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