cotter, cottar
(noun) fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together
cotter, cottar
(noun) a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cottar (plural cottars)
(Scotland) Alternative form of cotter (peasant inhabiting a cottage)
• tactor
Source: Wiktionary
Cot"ter, Cot"tar (kt"tr), n. Etym: [LL. cotarius, cottarius, coterius. See Cot.]
Definition: A cottager; a cottier. Burns. Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang Good morrow to the cotter. Whittier.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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