nonce-wd. [Cf. COTTONOPOLIS.] One whose interests are in the cotton trade; a member of the ‘Manchester school’ of politicians or economists.
1846. Ld. Ashburton, in Croker Papers (1884), III. xxiv. 77. Cobden’s speech to the French economists showed great tact and ability. That is a very clever Cottonian, and his character puzzles me.
