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 | ||