cottager

Definition

A person who has the tenure of a cottage, usually also the occupant.

Etymology

From cottage (“small hut”) + -er (demonym suffix); compare cotter.

Example Sentences

• "The silver hair and benevolent countenance of the aged cottager, won my reverence; while the gentle manners of the girl enticed my love."
• "A cottager, I mark’d a throne Of half the world as all my own, And murmur’d at such lowly lot!"
• "I don't like shoppy people. I think we are far better off, knowing only cottagers and labourers, and people without pretence."