Hyphenation of cotter

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word cotter? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of cotter:

1.	A peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands
2.	A medieval English villein
3.	Fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together

Synonyms of cotter:

noun	cottar, peasant, provincial, bucolic
noun	cottier, serf, helot, villein
noun	cottar, fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing

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The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.