What is another word for cottager?

Pronunciation: [kˈɒtɪd͡ʒə] (IPA)

Cottager is a term used to describe someone who owns or lives in a small, rural cottage. It is a synonym for words such as hutsman, homesteader, shack-dweller, and cabin owner. Another synonym for cottager is a rustic, which implies a person who enjoys living in natural settings. A backwoodsman, bushman, or countryman are other terms that can also be used instead of cottager. All of these words describe someone who resides in a small, modest dwelling in a rural area. The term cottager can also have other connotations such as being an idyllic place for a summer holiday.

Synonyms for Cottager:

What are the hypernyms for Cottager?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Cottager

The cottager can scarcely nod his employer a common greeting in the morning.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
It is strange that such men as this should choose to throw in their lot with so many who are idle-whom they must know to be idle-thus jeopardising their own position for the sake of those who are not worth one-fifth the sacrifice the agricultural cottager must be called upon to make in a strike.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
Every cottager in the hamlet knows somebody in the town; the girls go there to service, the boys to get employment.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies

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