cottager
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- noun
- /ˈkɒtɪdʒər/
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habitante de una cabaña
- Some cottagers staffed their houses with their own maids, butlers, and liverymen.
- cottagers complained
- cottagers' houses
Examples
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A rustic sort of cottager.
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As the development of Bar Harbor and other resorts on Mount Desert Island expanded, the cottagers undertook to preserve the island.
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Then the cottager began to feel deprived.
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Despite the arduous tasks taken on by cottagers, there is a slow and easy pace on the river.
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Some cottagers complained and provided funds to build a YMCA and a YWCA.
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Many cottagers owned automobiles for city use but preferred carriages at Bar Harbor.
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The village consisted of 20 farms, 34 cottagers' houses—six of these with land—and ten subtenant households.
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The cottager enjoyed the peaceful evenings by the lake, surrounded by nature.
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Every summer, the cottagers in the village host a festival to celebrate local traditions.
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Many cottagers take advantage of the beautiful hiking trails in the countryside.
Synonyms
A person who lives in a small house in the countryside
A rural worker who lived in a cottage and farmed a small plot of land in the Middle Ages
A poor farm worker who lives in a small cottage and works the land
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word cottager comes from cottage, which comes from an old word cot meaning 'small house' or 'hut' in the countryside. So a cottager is simply a person who lives in a small country house, which explains the modern meaning.