cottier

• Terme historique désignant un tenancier ou petit paysan, notamment dans l'Angleterre médiévale, qui possédait un cottage et un petit lopin de terre en échange de services ou de corvées. Il peut aussi se référer à un métayer ou à un petit fermier.

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.

   Cottier (vilain médiéval anglais)

   • 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.

   Synonymescottarcotter