noun
- plural of cottar: Scottish tenant farmers who work small plots of land in exchange for labor or rent
Usage: Scottish; historical
Examples
- The cottars worked the laird’s fields during harvest season.
- Many cottars struggled to make ends meet on their small holdings.
- The Highland clearances displaced thousands of cottars from their homes.
- Cottars typically paid rent through a combination of money and labor.
- The cottars’ children often helped with farm work from an early age.
- Local cottars gathered to discuss their grievances with the estate manager.