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cotere (1198)
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cotere (1198)

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coter,  cotier;  cutere;  kotyer  (cotiare)  
  FEW:  kot *16,345b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  cotier 9,212b TL: cotier 2,952 DEAF:  cote #4 (cotere)  DMF:  cotier  TLF: ∅ OED:  cottar n.  MED:  coter n.2  DMLBS:  cotarius 508a

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1statusagriculturalcottager, cottar, peasant who owns a small agricultural plot in exchange for labor: 
( 1260; MS: c.1300 )  cele H. ne fu fors cotere e ne aveyt terre fors soulement un toft  Brev Plac 39
( MS: c.1275 )  chescun cutere ke meine en la cité […]  Winchester2 40.58
( 1349-50 ) les povres cotiares du dit manoir, queus furent acustumesz de prendre nostre blaunke de noz berbicz  GRANDISSON ii 1085
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1198 )  Robert le Cotier  Family Names Cotter
( 1270 )  William le Coter  Family Names Cotter

See also:

cotage1  cotrel 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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