rare. [f. COTTON sb. + -EER cf. mod.F. cotonnier.] A cotton-manufacturer or worker; a cotton-spinner. In 17th c. applied to the makers of ‘Kendal cotton.’
1615. Brathwait, Strappado, 189. Title, To all true-bred Northern Sparks, of the generous society of the Cottoneers.
1843. Blackw. Mag., LIV. 539. The false fleeting Association of these Lancashire Cottoneers.
