As nouns the difference between peasant and cottar
is that peasant is a member of the lowly social class which toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture while cottar is (scotland) (peasant inhabiting a cottage).
peasant
Noun
(
en noun)
A member of the lowly social class which toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.
A country person.
An uncouth, crude or ill-bred person.
(strategy games ) a worker unit
Synonyms
* (lowly social class ) peon, serf
* churl
* (country person ) rustic, villager
* (crude person ) boor
Derived terms
* peasantry
Anagrams
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cottar
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(Scotland) (peasant inhabiting a cottage)