Cotter may refer to: *

Cotter pin (disambiguation) Cotter pin may refer to: In U.S. usage: *Split pin, a metal fastener with two tines that are bent during installation used to fasten metal together, like with a staple or rivet *Hairpin cotter pin, more commonly known as an "R-clip" *Circle cotter, ...

, a pin or wedge used to fix parts rigidly together *

Cotter (farmer) Cotter, cottier, cottar, or is a term for a peasant farmer. Cotters occupied cottages and cultivated small land lots. A cottar or cottier is also a term for a tenant who was renting land from a farmer or landlord. England The word ''cotter ...

, the Scots term for a peasant farmer formerly in the Scottish highlands *

Cotter (surname) Cotter is a surname that originates in England and Ireland. It can also be an Anglicization, chiefly in North America, of a similar-sounding German surname. Origin of the name The surname Cotter has several different origins. The English surname ...

, a surname (including a list of people with the name) *

Cotter, Arkansas Cotter is a city in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 886 at the 2020 census. History Native American Bluff Dwellers were the original inhabitants of the area now known as Cotter for centuries before settlers arrived ...

, United States *

Cotter, Iowa Cotter is a city in western Louisa County, Iowa, Louisa County, Iowa, United States. The population was 39 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Muscatine, Iowa, Muscatine Muscatine micropolitan area, Micropolitan Stati ...

, United States * Mount Cotter, a mountain in California, United States *

Cotter River The Cotter River, a perennial river of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The Cotter River, together with the Queanbeyan River, is one of two rivers that p ...

, a river in the Australian Capital Territory

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