Word of the day: cottar

The word of the day is cottar:

a peasant or farm laborer who occupies a cottage and sometimes a small holding of land usually in return for services

Middle English cottar, from Medieval Latin cotarius, from Middle English cot

First Known Use: 14th century

(http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cottar)

"Father Roche called Mother to tend a sick cottar."

 - Connie Willis, Doomsday Book