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Meanings of cottier in English

A medieval English villein.

Usage of cottier in English
1
His father was a cottier-therewere many here in those times.
Poets and Dreamers: Studies and translations from the Irish
2
At the altar, serf and master, count or cottier, knelt side by side.
The Truce of God / A Tale of the Eleventh Century
3
Up to this time such was not the habit of Irish cottiers.
Castle Richmond
4
By this time three years Mr Cottier can talk all he's a mind.
Jim Davis
5
Cottier said Moody's concern about declining consumption was overblown.
Reuters
6
I had never liked Mr Cottier, but I felt a sort of pity for him.
Jim Davis
7
He met but few persons, and those only cottiers.
The Man
8
They will keep only a few miserable cottiers.
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 06 / The Drapie...
9
Breakfast was ready on the table, and Mrs Cottier and Hugh were toasting some bread at the fire.
Jim Davis
10
They had cottiers (cottagers), day-labourers established in cottages, on their estate, usually near their own residence.
Richard Lovell Edgeworth: A Selection From His Memoirs
11
They were Hugh and Mrs Cottier.
Jim Davis
12
Her father had been a partner in a great jewellery house, Cottier's, of Paris, London, and New York.
Alias the Lone Wolf
13
That's where Mr Cottier is.
Jim Davis
14
Below the villeins in the social scale came the cottiers possessing smaller holdings, sometimes only a garden, and no oxen.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
15
But by co-operation among the cottiers and an intelligent Headquarter staff much could be done which at present appears impossible.
In Darkest England, and the Way Out
16
"Poor old Nigger," said Mrs Cottier, as she unwrapped the parcel.
Jim Davis
Cottier through the time