cottager

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That was not enough to stave off noisy charges that Mulroney was a "cottager," or outsider.

From Time Magazine Archive

Contented account of how the author succeeded in her early ambition to become a Roman Catholic, a Sussex cottager, a prolific novelist.

From Time Magazine Archive

We seldom met anyone afoot in those days except, now and then, the cottager who lived in a thatched hut down in one of the multitude of hollows.

From My Little Sister by Robins, Elizabeth

A poor cottager in one of our country villages, some years ago, out of curiosity, came to one of our mission festivals.

From Pine Needles by Warner, Susan

In dry seasons, swine could pick up some feed there, and, now and then, a venturesome cottager turned out a cow, keeping watch lest it should be bogged.

From The MS. in a Red Box by Hamilton, John Arthur