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/shair"krop'euhr/, n.a tenant farmer who pays as rent a share of the crop.[1910-15, Amer.; SHARE1 + CROPPER]
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sharecropper — share‧crop‧per [ˈʆeəˌkrɒpə ǁ ˈʆerˌkrɑːpər] noun [countable] especially AmE JOBS FARMING a farmer who uses someone else s land, and gives the owner part of the crop in return * * * sharecropper UK US /ˈʃeəˌkrɒpər/ noun [C] ► a farmer who rents… … Financial and business terms
sharecropper — (n.) also share cropper, share cropper, 1887, in a U.S. Southern context; from SHARE (Cf. share) + agent noun from CROP (Cf. crop) (v.). Share crop system attested from 1871. To share crop is recorded by 1867. Sharecropping attested by 1936 … Etymology dictionary
sharecropper — UK [ˈʃeə(r)ˌkrɒpə(r)] / US [ˈʃerˌkrɑpər] noun [countable] Word forms sharecropper : singular sharecropper plural sharecroppers mainly American a farmer who grows crops on someone else s land and receives part of the money earned from selling the… … English dictionary
sharecropper — [[t]ʃe͟ə(r)krɒpə(r)[/t]] sharecroppers N COUNT A sharecropper is a farmer who pays the rent for his land with some of the crops they produce … English dictionary
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sharecropper — noun Date: 1923 a tenant farmer especially in the southern United States who is provided with credit for seed, tools, living quarters, and food, who works the land, and who receives an agreed share of the value of the crop minus charges … New Collegiate Dictionary
sharecropper — noun A person who enters an agreement with a land owner to farm the land and then pay a portion (share) of the produce as rent. One who sharecrops … Wiktionary
sharecropper — Synonyms and related words: Bauer, agriculturalist, agriculturist, agrologist, agronomist, coffee planter, collective farm worker, crofter, cropper, cultivator, dirt farmer, dry farmer, farm laborer, farmer, farmhand, gentleman farmer, granger,… … Moby Thesaurus
sharecropper — share|crop|per [ ʃer,krapər ] noun count a farmer who grows crops on someone else s land and receives part of the money earned from selling the crops … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sharecropper — n. tenant farmer who pays rent with a share of his crop … English contemporary dictionary
