"cotter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cotters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒtə(ɹ) Etymology: Unknown Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} cotter (plural cotters)
  1. (mechanical engineering) A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together. Categories (topical): Mechanical engineering Translations (pin to hold parts together): щифт (štift) [masculine] (Bulgarian), шпонка (šponka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), tappi (Finnish), клин (klin) [masculine] (Russian), чека́ (čeká) [feminine] (Russian), шпо́нка (špónka) [feminine] (Russian), суха́рь (suxárʹ) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-cotter-en-noun-MSdEY~LJ Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 74 16 10 Topics: engineering, mechanical, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'pin to hold parts together': 73 27
  2. (informal) A cotter pin. Tags: informal Translations (cotter pin): sokka (Finnish), sasszeg (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-cotter-en-noun-ejFfIgzv Disambiguation of 'cotter pin': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cotterless Related terms: cotter pin
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: cotters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒtə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English cotter, cotere, kottere, koter, cotier, equivalent to cot (“cottage”) + -er, from Old English cot. Compare Old French coter, cotier. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cotter}} Middle English cotter, {{suf|en|cot|er|id2=inhabitant|t1=cottage}} cot (“cottage”) + -er, {{inh|en|ang|cot}} Old English cot, {{cog|fro|coter}} Old French coter Head templates: {{en-noun}} cotter (plural cotters)
  1. (historical) A peasant who performed labour in exchange for the right to live in a cottage. Tags: historical Synonyms: coscet, cottager, cottar Translations (peasant): батра́к (batrák) [masculine] (Belarusian), ратай (rataj) [masculine] (Bulgarian), keuterboer [masculine] (Dutch), mäkitupalainen (Finnish), torppari (Finnish), батра́к (batrák) [masculine] (Russian), батра́к (batrák) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-cotter-en-noun-L-BWQEOk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (inhabitant), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 18 57 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (inhabitant): 13 31 49 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 6 77 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 7 69 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 6 72 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 14 10 69 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 10 69 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 10 65 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 10 69 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 14 9 70 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 14 10 69 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

Forms: cotters [present, singular, third-person], cottering [participle, present], cottered [participle, past], cottered [past]
Rhymes: -ɒtə(ɹ) Etymology: Unknown Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-verb}} cotter (third-person singular simple present cotters, present participle cottering, simple past and past participle cottered)
  1. (transitive) To fasten with a cotter. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cotter-en-verb-mpZCG3Ye
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      ]
    }
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1997, Charles Frazier, chapter 2, in Cold Mountain, London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 39:",
          "text": "She found Esco by the barn. He was trying to cotter a cart-wheel with a peg he had whittled from a locust branch, driving it in with a hand sledge",
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        }
      ],
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        "To fasten with a cotter."
      ],
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        ]
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        "(transitive) To fasten with a cotter."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒtə(ɹ)"
    }
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    "cotter"
  ],
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}

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    "Rhymes:English/ɒtə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒtə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "name": "suf"
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    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "English terms with historical senses",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1786, Robert Burns, The Cotter's Saturday Night:",
          "text": "The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes,— / This night his weekly moil is at an end,— / Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, […]",
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        }
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        "A peasant who performed labour in exchange for the right to live in a cottage."
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        "(historical) A peasant who performed labour in exchange for the right to live in a cottage."
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒtə(ɹ)"
    }
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    {
      "word": "coscet"
    },
    {
      "word": "cottager"
    },
    {
      "word": "cottar"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "batrák",
      "sense": "peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "батра́к"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rataj",
      "sense": "peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ратай"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "keuterboer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "peasant",
      "word": "mäkitupalainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "peasant",
      "word": "torppari"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "batrák",
      "sense": "peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "батра́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "batrák",
      "sense": "peasant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "батра́к"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "cotter"
  ],
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}

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