cottier

• Historischer Begriff für einen mittelalterlichen englischen Villanen, genauer einen Kleinbauern, der ein Cottage und ein kleines Stück Land im Austausch für Arbeitsdienste besaß.

A historical term for a medieval English villein, specifically a peasant who held a cottage and a small plot of land in return for labor services.

1. Medieval English villeinC2formalbritish

   A medieval English peasant or serf who held a cottage and a small plot of land in exchange for labor services.

   Kotter

   • The cottier worked the lord's fields in return for his small hut.
   • Medieval records mention a cottier living on the manor's edge.
   • Cottiers were bound to the land and could not leave without permission.

   Synonymecottarcotter