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Cotter

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Noun

1. cottar, cotter

a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands

2. cotter, cottier

a medieval English villein

3. cottar, cotter

fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cotter

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noun
1. 
any part, such as a pin, wedge, key, etc, that is used to secure two other parts so that relative motion between them is prevented
2.  short for cotter pin
verb
3. (transitive)
to secure (two parts) with a cotter
noun
1. Also called: cottier English history
a villein in late Anglo-Saxon and early Norman times occupying a cottage and land in return for labour
2. Also called: cottar
a peasant occupying a cottage and land in the Scottish Highlands under the same tenure as an Irish cottier

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Cotter

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noun
a cottager
; specif.,
a.  Scottish
a tenant farmer
b.  Irish
a cottier
noun
1. 
a bolt or wedge put through a slot to hold together parts of machinery
2. 
cotter pin

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cotter

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n.
1. A bolt, wedge, key, or pin inserted through a slot in order to hold parts together.
2. A cotter pin.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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