keuterboer

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Dutch

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch coter, from cote (hut, cottage) (Dutch kot); + boer (farmer).

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Noun

keuterboer m (plural keuterboeren, diminutive keuterboertje n, feminine keuterboerin)

  1. (dated) one who earns the right to live in a cottage by working for a farmer or a landlord; a cotter
  2. poor farmer who owns only a small patch of land which is barely or not enough to sustain a family, such that he has to find additional work elsewhere, for example in service of another farmer (see herenboer) or in the city