New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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 — /shair krop euhr/, n. a tenant farmer who pays as rent a share of the crop. [1910 15, Amer.; SHARE1 + CROPPER] * * * … Universalium
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
