noun
definition
A person who has the tenure of a cottage, usually also the occupant.
definition
One who engages in sex in public lavatories; a practitioner of cottaging.
Examples of cottagers in a Sentence
An annual sum is voted by parliament out of which loans are granted to cottagers who desire to purchase small freehold plots.
Villeins are opposed to socmen and freemen on one hand, to bordarii, cottagers and slaves on the other.
She now became extremely beneficent to the poor cottagers.
Trees were free fuel for poor cottagers, every one of whom had an ax.
Nothing could exceed the love and respect which the younger cottagers exhibited toward their venerable companion.
The few cottagers living in Wensleydale emptied their closets down a disused mine shaft.
Teachers were sent round among the cottagers to give practical advice on such points as ventilation, drainage, disinfectants, cleanliness, &c., a plan which, if widely carried out, would bring the most valuable knowledge to every home in England.
Although often regarded only as a cottagers flower, the Annual Sunflower is one of the noblest plants we have, and one of the most effective for various positions.