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

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

All in this room was rich and costly, while the dame's own quarters were as plain as those of any other cottager.

From The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book by Harrison, Constance Cary

Once upon a time there was a big wedding at a certain farmstead, and a certain cottager was on his way to the wedding-feast.

From The Norwegian Fairy Book by Stroebe, Clara