Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cotter

3 senses of cotter

Sense 1
cotter, cottar -- (a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands)
       => peasant, provincial, bucolic -- (a country person)

Sense 2
cotter, cottier -- (a medieval English villein)
       => serf, helot, villein -- ((Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord)

Sense 3
cotter, cottar -- (fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together)
       => fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing -- (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)