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The answer COTTAR has 4 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of cottar in various dictionaries:
noun - a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands
noun - fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together
adj - a pin or wedge used for fastening parts together [n -S] : COTTERED
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| For the peasant, that's a small, black 21 across |
| Peasant's vehicle, extravagant inside |
| Peasant in bed with sailor |
| The peasant's too near the knuckle, getting a lift? |
| Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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| Dec 10 2013 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
| May 15 2009 The Telegraph - Toughie |
| Apr 4 2008 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
| Mar 3 2006 Irish Times (Crosaire) |
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
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| Alternative form of cotter (peasant inhabiting a cottage) |
| (in Scotland and Ireland) a farm labourer or tenant occupying a cottage in return for labour. |
| fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together |
| a peasant farmer in the Scottish highlands |
| Cottar description |
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Cotter, cottier, cottar, Kosatter or Kötter is the German or Scots term for a peasant farmer (formerly in the Scottish highlands for example). Cotters occupied cottages and cultivated small plots of land. The word cotter is often employed to translate the cotarius recorded in the Domesday Book, a class whose exact status has been the subject of some discussion among historians, and is still a matter of doubt. According to Domesday, the cotarii were comparatively few, numbering fewer than seven thousand, and were scattered unevenly throughout England, being principally in the southern counties. They either cultivated a small plot of land, or worked on the holdings of the villani. Like the villani, among whom they were frequently classed, their economic condition may be described as free in relation to every one except their lord. * A cottar or cottier is also a term for a tenant renting land from a farmer or landlord. * Highland Cotters (including on the islands, such as Mull) were affected |