- sharecrop farmer
- nounsmall farmers and tenants (Freq. 1)• Syn: ↑sharecropper, ↑cropper• Hypernyms: ↑agricultural laborer, ↑agricultural labourer
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sharecrop — ☆ sharecrop [sher′kräp΄ ] vi., vt. sharecropped, sharecropping to work (land) for a share of the crop, esp. as a tenant farmer sharecropper n … English World dictionary
sharecrop — verb To participate in a financial arrangement in which a tenant farmer pays for use of land with a share (part) of the crop raised on that land … Wiktionary
Sharecropping — is a system of agriculture or agricultural production in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crop produced on the land (e.g., 50 percent of the crop). This should not be confused with a crop fixed rent… … Wikipedia
agricultural laborer — noun a person who tills the soil for a living • Syn: ↑agricultural labourer • Hypernyms: ↑laborer, ↑manual laborer, ↑labourer, ↑jack • Hyponyms: ↑peasant, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
agricultural labourer — noun a person who tills the soil for a living • Syn: ↑agricultural laborer • Hypernyms: ↑laborer, ↑manual laborer, ↑labourer, ↑jack • Hyponyms: ↑peasant, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
Ned Cobb — (1885 1973) was a tenant farmer born in Tallapoosa County in Alabama. His autobiography was pseudonymously published in the book All God s Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw, as told to Theodore Rosengarten. Cobb was the 4th of more than 20 children… … Wikipedia
farm — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ranch, rancho, plantation, farmstead, grange. See abode. v. cultivate, till. See agriculture. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. plantation, ranch, homestead, field, grange, pasture, meadow, grassland, truck… … English dictionary for students
sharecropper — noun chiefly N. Amer. a tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent. Derivatives sharecrop verb (sharecrops, sharecropping, sharecropped) … English new terms dictionary
sharecropper — n. esp. US a tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent. Derivatives: sharecrop v.tr. & intr. ( cropped, cropping) … Useful english dictionary
