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Definition: Cotter |
CotterNoun1. A peasant farmer in the Scottish highlands. 2. A medieval English villein. 3. Fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cotter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1889. (references) |
Etymology: Cotter \Cot"ter\, Cottar \Cot"tar\, noun. [Late Latin cotarius, cottarius, coterius. See Cot.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | Designed, like cotter pins, to pass through holes or for fitting into grooves or slots cut round the shaft, spindle, etc. to prevent objects mounted thereon from moving along them. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | A wedge, generally of rectangular section, used to assemble two coaxial parts by being passed through both of them in a radial slot. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A metal piece shaped like a prism-either exactly so or with a slight taper-which is used to assemble two coaxial parts. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | Eng. To mat together; to entangle. Frequently applied to a hard,crossgrained, tough stone or coal, as cottered coal. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Cotter is a city located in Louisa County, Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 48.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cotter, Arkansas."
Synonyms: CotterSynonyms: cottar (n), cottier (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inhabitant | Noun: inhabitant; resident, residentiary; dweller, indweller; addressee; occupier, occupant; householder, lodger, inmate, tenant, incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens, commorant; settler, squatter, backwoodsman, colonist; islander; denizen, citizen; burgher, oppidan, cockney, cit, townsman, burgess; villager; cottager, cottier, cotter; compatriot; backsettler, boarder; hotel keeper, innkeeper; habitant; paying guest; planter. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cotter |
| English words defined with "cotter": Cotland, cotter pin ♦ Forelock bolt ♦ Gib and cotter, Gib and key ♦ Key bolt. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cotter": AIRCRAFT MECHANIC, ARMAMENT, armament assembler, armament installer, assembler, lawn-and-garden machinery, assembler, tractor ♦ BENCH ASSEMBLER ♦ case assembler ♦ INSTALLER, MOVABLE BULKHEAD ♦ main-line assembler ♦ PROGRESSIVE ASSEMBLER AND FITTER ♦ RAILROAD-CAR-TRUCK BUILDER ♦ subassembler. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Cotter (1973) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Dan Cotter, DC, and crop consultant review plants on a grass back terrace in Lafayette County, Wisconsin. The farmland is located in the Upper Mississippi Watershed. Credit: Bob Nichols. |  | Scene in an office in the Main Navy or Munitions Building, 1918. Desk at right bears a name tag for Mr. Cotter. Credit: NAVY. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Cotter" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 78.57% of the time. "Cotter" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 78.57% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (singular) | 14.29% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 7.14% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "cotter" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Cotter | Last name | 4,000 | 3,199 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Cotter, AR (city, FIPS 15490) 2. Cotter, IA (city, FIPS 16725) |
Expressions using "cotter": cotter bolt ♦ Cotter drill ♦ cotter pin ♦ Gib and cotter ♦ split cotter pin ♦ spring cotter. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "cotter": cotter-pins. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cotter | 54 | jim cotter | 3 |
cotter pin | 51 | christina cotter | 3 |
cotter arkansas | 40 | wayne cotter | 3 |
welcome back cotter | 14 | cotter michael | 3 |
cotter company | 7 | cotter sullivan | 3 |
john cotter | 6 | cotter dock trout | 3 |
jeanne cotter | 6 | james cotter | 3 |
cotter smith | 5 | co cotter | 2 |
cotter high school | 5 | cotter mike | 2 |
cotter key | 4 | patrick cotter | 2 |
david cotter | 4 | brian cotter | 2 |
cotter tom | 4 | cotter high school winona | 2 |
church cotter supply | 3 | cotter paul | 2 |
advertising cotter | 3 | corporation cotter | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "cotter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | argat (cottar, grub, grubber, laborer, labourer, peon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فلاح (farmer, loutish, peasant, planter, tiller), ساكن كوخ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | селянин (churl, cottager, countryman, hind, peasant, rustic, villager), ратай (cottar, farmhand, peon), шифт, арендатор (copyholder, cottar, cottier, holder, tenant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | chalupář (cottager, cottar, cottier). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tværkile, split (cotter pin, crack, joining pin, pin bolt, share split, shim, split, split cotter pin, split pin, splitting of shares, spring cotter, stock split, wedge), not (dimple for a shot pin, feather, groove, key, milled slot, notch, peg, seine fishing net, seine net, slot, spline), kile (chock, cleat, cut, feather, integral key, key, peg, quoin, shim, shim piece, speed-change lane, spline, sump, taper, wedge), feder (feather, integral key, key, key without taper, non-tapered key, peg, plain key, spline, sunk key, untapered key). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | wigbout (feather, key, peg, spline), wig (wedge), spie (wedge), sluitwig (feather, key, peg, spline), dwarsspie, bout (flat-iron, iron). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | رعیت (Citizen, Peasant, Vassal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | poikittaiskiila, kiila (gusset, wedge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | clavette transversale, clavette (connector), paysan (countryman), goupiller. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Keil (chock, gore, gusset, hand-ax, peg, wedge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καρφίτσα (broach, brooch, clasp, pin), σφήνα (chock, quoin, wedge), περόνη σύνδεσης, εγκάρσια σφήνα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ית" '"ית. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | zsellér (cottar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | chiavetta trasversale, chiavetta (key), spinotto (pin), affittuario (landholder, leaseholder, tenant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | "터. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | freeney (pin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ottercay cunha (coin, planer, quoin, recommendation, wedge), contrapino, chaveta transversal, chaveta (brace, bracket, curly bracket, integral key, spline, wedge), chavêta (axle pin, bond, brace, cottar, cottier, forelock, key, kingpin, linchpin, pin), cavilha (axle pin, dowel, forelock, gudgeon, key, kingpin, peg, pike, pin, pintle, preventer, spike, tenon, thole). (various references) cui (nail, peg, pin, rough, Spike, sprig, stud, whose), panã (arrow, break down, chock, cleat, failure, feather, Gib, injury, jaw, peg, pen, pick, pinion, plug, plume, puncture, quill, quill pen, Spike, wedge), ştift (finger, nail, peg, stud). (various references) чека (axle pin, axle-pin, forelock, key, linchpin, splint). (various references) zaperak (sprout), klin (chock, cleat, gore, peg, salient, sprocket, stud, tenon, toggle, wedge). (various references) chaveta (chock, key, pin, wedge). (various references) kil (chock, cleat, Gib, Gore, gusset, quoin, wedge). (various references) kama (dagger, Fid, spline, stiletto, wedge), anahtar (cipher, clef, clew, clue, key, spanner, switch, wrench), çivi (crampon, crampoon, nail, wedge). (various references) селянин-орендар (cottier), костиль (spike-nail, toggle), клин (chock, cleat, gusset, nib, quoin, scotch, shim, wedge), наймит (coterell, hireling, journeyman). (various references) nhốt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cotter": cottered, cotterless, cotters. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "cotter": boycotter. (additional references) | |
Words containing "cotter": boycotters. (additional references) | |
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"Cotter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Catter, cette, Citta, Cmtte, codder, coiter, conter, corter, cotari, Cotcher, coteer, coter, coteri, cotery, cotex, Cotier, Cotner, cotote, Cotret, cotte, cottea, cotten, Cotterel, Cotteril, cottern, cottes, Cottex, Cottey, cottre, couter, crotte, Ctta, Ctte, Cttee, cutta, cuttery, Kotler, Kotte, Mccotter, octer, sotter. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cotter" (pronounced kÄ"ter) |
| 3 | -Ä" t er | blotter, dotter, hotter, imprimatur, mater, otter, plotter, Potter, rotter, saltwater, spotter, squatter, totter, Trotter, yachter. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-o-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: octet, otter, recto, rotte, torte, toter. | |
-2 letters: cero, core, cote, rote, torc, tore, tort, tote, tret, trot. | |
-3 letters: cor, cot, orc, ore, ort, rec, ret, roc, roe, rot, tet, toe, tor, tot. | |
-4 letters: er, et, oe, or, re, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-o-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: cotters, cottier, protect. | |
+2 letters: contrite, corotate, corvette, cottager, cottered, cottiers, crotchet, detector, protects, retroact, theocrat, toreutic, trecento. | |
+3 letters: astrocyte, athrocyte, boycotter, brochette, carnotite, charlotte, contester, contorted, cornetist, corotated, corotates, corvettes, cotrustee, cottagers, courgette, cowritten, croquette, crotchets, crotchety, detectors, detractor, doctorate, ectotherm, entoproct, entrecote, eroticist, extractor, greatcoat, heterotic, introject, keratotic, obstetric, octameter, outercoat, protected, protector, prothetic, recontact, rectorate, retractor, retroacts, retrodict, spectator, testcross, theocrats, theoretic, torchiest, toreutics, trecentos, tricotine, trisector. | |
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