"cottager" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒtɪd͡ʒə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑtɪd͡ʒɚ/ [US] Audio: En-au-cottager.ogg [Australia] Forms: cottagers [plural]
Etymology: From cottage (“small hut”) + -er (demonym suffix); compare cotter. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|cottage|er|gloss1=small hut|id2=inhabitant|pos2=demonym suffix}} cottage (“small hut”) + -er (demonym suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cottager (plural cottagers)
  1. A person who has the tenure of a cottage, usually also the occupant. Synonyms: cotter, cottier, coscet Translations (a person who has the tenure of a cottage): dometano (Ido), casarius [masculine] (Latin), cotteyr [masculine] (Manx), màlair [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒtɪd͡ʒə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑtɪd͡ʒɚ/ [US] Audio: En-au-cottager.ogg [Australia] Forms: cottagers [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English cottage Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English cottager From cottage (“to have sex in a public lavatory”) + -er (agent noun suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|cottage#Verb<t:to have sex in a public lavatory>|-er<pos:agent noun suffix><id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English cottage Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English cottager [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āzios", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ārijaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-ārī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en", "pos" : "agent noun suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cottager", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="cottager"> From cottage (“to have sex in a public lavatory”) + -er (agent noun suffix). Head templates: {{en-noun}} cottager (plural cottagers)
  1. (UK, slang) One who engages in sex in public lavatories; a practitioner of cottaging. Tags: UK, slang
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Etymology number: 2

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      "ipa": "/ˈkɑtɪd͡ʒɚ/",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "lang_code": "io",
      "sense": "a person who has the tenure of a cottage",
      "word": "dometano"
    },
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "lang_code": "gv",
      "sense": "a person who has the tenure of a cottage",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "gd",
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      "lang_code": "gd",
      "sense": "a person who has the tenure of a cottage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "màlair"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "One who engages in sex in public lavatories; a practitioner of cottaging."
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          "lavatories",
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}

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