English noun: cotter | |||
1. | cotter (person) a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands | ||
Synonyms | cottar | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bucolic, peasant, provincial | ||
2. | cotter (person) a medieval English villein | ||
Synonyms | cottier | ||
Broader (hypernym) | helot, serf, villein | ||
3. | cotter (artifact) fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together | ||
Synonyms | cottar | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cotter pin | ||