lottern.

Brit.

/ˈlɒtə/, U.S.

/ˈlɑdər/

Forms: 1600s 1800s– lotter, 1800s lottar (Scottish).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lot v., -er suffix¹; lot n., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly (in sense 1) < lot v. + -er suffix¹, and partly (in sense 2) < lot n. + -er suffix¹. With sense 1 compare earlier allotter n.In form lottar perhaps influenced by cottar n. (compare quot. 1884 at sense 2).

†1. North American. An official who apportions plots of land to settlers; = lot-layer n. at lot n. Compounds 2. Obsolete.

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1640 in A. Perry & C. S. Brigham Early Rec. Portsmouth (Rhode Island) (1901) 16 Itt is left to the discretion of the lotters to giue of his Medowe adioyninge.

1661 in A. Perry & C. S. Brigham Early Rec. Portsmouth (Rhode Island) (1901) 108 That y^e lotters are to Run the line..from Corner tree to Corner tree.

1673 in A. Perry & C. S. Brigham Early Rec. Portsmouth (Rhode Island) (1901) 177 The power of the Lotters in layinge out of Land for the future is by this meetinge made Null and Voyd.

2. Scottish. A person who rents a plot of land; spec. a cottar or crofter. Now historical.

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the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > villein or cottar > cottar in Scotland

cottar1552

lotter1820

1820 J. Loch Acct. Improvem. Estates Marquess of Stafford 112 The lotters upon the estate of Sutherland had advantages offered to them, which the settlers upon no other highland property ever had.

1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. XV. 73 The tenants or lotters live on their respective farms or townships.

1884 Rep. Condition Crofters & Cottars Highlands & Islands Scotl. App. A 30 There was a very numerous class known in Skye as ‘lottars’, elsewhere as ‘cottars’, who held a house and a very small patch of land from a farmer or a crofter.

1989 E. Richards & M. Clough Cromartie xxii. 309 Many of the lotters of Reiff were still refusing to pay their rents.

2013 R. Edmond Migrations 60 Many of the lotters at Ardmair are described as ‘fishermen’ in the 1851 census.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lotter
释义	lottern. Brit. /ˈlɒtə/, U.S. /ˈlɑdər/ Forms: 1600s 1800s– lotter, 1800s lottar (Scottish). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lot v., -er suffix¹; lot n., -er suffix¹. Etymology: Partly (in sense 1) < lot v. + -er suffix¹, and partly (in sense 2) < lot n. + -er suffix¹. With sense 1 compare earlier allotter n.In form lottar perhaps influenced by cottar n. (compare quot. 1884 at sense 2). †1. North American. An official who apportions plots of land to settlers; = lot-layer n. at lot n. Compounds 2. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1640 in A. Perry & C. S. Brigham Early Rec. Portsmouth (Rhode Island) (1901) 16 Itt is left to the discretion of the lotters to giue of his Medowe adioyninge. 1661 in A. Perry & C. S. Brigham Early Rec. Portsmouth (Rhode Island) (1901) 108 That y^e lotters are to Run the line..from Corner tree to Corner tree. 1673 in A. Perry & C. S. Brigham Early Rec. Portsmouth (Rhode Island) (1901) 177 The power of the Lotters in layinge out of Land for the future is by this meetinge made Null and Voyd. 2. Scottish. A person who rents a plot of land; spec. a cottar or crofter. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > villein or cottar > cottar in Scotland cottar1552 lotter1820 1820 J. Loch Acct. Improvem. Estates Marquess of Stafford 112 The lotters upon the estate of Sutherland had advantages offered to them, which the settlers upon no other highland property ever had. 1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. XV. 73 The tenants or lotters live on their respective farms or townships. 1884 Rep. Condition Crofters & Cottars Highlands & Islands Scotl. App. A 30 There was a very numerous class known in Skye as ‘lottars’, elsewhere as ‘cottars’, who held a house and a very small patch of land from a farmer or a crofter. 1989 E. Richards & M. Clough Cromartie xxii. 309 Many of the lotters of Reiff were still refusing to pay their rents. 2013 R. Edmond Migrations 60 Many of the lotters at Ardmair are described as ‘fishermen’ in the 1851 census. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1640
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