cottager
Small homestead inhabitant
A cottager is someone who lives in a cottage, typically a small rural dwelling.
Historically, the term designated a peasant or laborer who occupied a modest house, often with a small plot of land.
In modern usage, cottager more often refers to someone who owns or rents a vacation cottage: The lake is popular with summer cottagers.
Agricultural terrain
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- acreageAmount of land owned
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
harvest · orchard · farmhouse · livestock · grazing · barnyard · cultivation · husbandry
Tiny rural settlement
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- communityCollective of connected people
- parishLocal church community
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
villager · townsfolk · local · native · thorp · clachan · crossroads · dwelling
One who inhabits
- inhabitantOne who resides somewhere
- tenantOne who rents property
- occupantOne dwelling within
- householderHome's primary resident
renter · lodger · abode · thatched · stone · whitewashed · garden · hearth
Leisure time away
- getawaySwift departure or retreat
- leisureFree time for relaxation
- cabinSimple wooden dwelling
- chaletWooden mountain cottage
rental · lakeside · beachfront · weekend · seasonal · summer · retreat · escape
Lacking in pretension
- humbleUnassuming about oneself
- unpretentiousLacking false superiority
- plainBasic and unremarkable
- frugalSparing with resources
spartan · simple · basic · homespun · unadorned · functional · self-sufficient · subsistence
farmland
Agricultural terrain
agriculture · harvest · orchard · farmhouse · livestock · grazing · barnyard · cultivation · husbandry · smallholding
hamlet
Tiny rural settlement
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- communityCollective of connected people
- parishLocal church community
neighborhood · villager · townsfolk · local · native · thorp · clachan · crossroads · dwelling · lane
resident
One who inhabits
- inhabitantOne who resides somewhere
- tenantOne who rents property
- occupantOne dwelling within
householder · renter · lodger · abode · thatched · stone · whitewashed · garden · hearth · doorstep
vacation
Leisure time away
chalet · rental · lakeside · beachfront · weekend · seasonal · summer · retreat · escape · timeshare
modest
Lacking in pretension
- humbleUnassuming about oneself
- unpretentiousLacking false superiority
- plainBasic and unremarkable
frugal · spartan · simple · basic · homespun · unadorned · functional · self-sufficient · subsistence · thrifty
fireplace
Indoor structure for burning
- warmthHeat you feel
- snugComfortably close-fitting
- comfortablePhysically at ease
hearth · quaint · welcoming · charming · intimate · nestled · homely · nook · cushions · blankets
- rural peoplefarmer, villagers, farmhand, farmworker, farmers
- medieval villagersfarmer, shepherd, peasant, villager, milkmaid
- rural workerspeasant, farm laborer, farmhand, farmworker, field hand
- commonerscommoner, commoners, peasant, peasants, common people
- feudal ranksbaron, lord, earl, count, knight
- feudal tenantserf, villein, peasant, vassal, copyholder
cottagerestate owner
Person possessing landed property
landowner · lord of the manor · landed gentry · aristocrat · squire
- cottage cheeseFresh cheese with curds
- cottage piesBeef baked under potato
- cottage cheese assDimpled fatty buttocks
- cottage industrySmall home-based business
- summer cottageSeasonal recreational dwelling
- beach cottageSmall dwelling by ocean