sharecrop farmer
- noun
- /ˈʃɛrˌkrɒp ˈfɑːrmər/
- Archaic
:
arrendatario agrícola
- After the Civil War, many former slaves became sharecrop farmers in the southern United States.
Examples
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As a sharecrop farmer, he struggled to earn enough to support his family.
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The community consisted mostly of sharecrop farmers and their families during the 1930s.
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The sharecrop farmer worked hard in the fields.
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Many sharecrop farmers struggle to make ends meet.
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After the Civil War, many former slaves became sharecrop farmers and worked the land for a portion of the harvest.
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As a sharecrop farmer, he and his landlord agreed to split the crops produced on the rented land.
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The small town was primarily made up of sharecrop farmers who relied on their harvest for income.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who grows crops or raises animals on a farm
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2.6
A person who raises plants or crops to sell
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8.4
A person who grows crops on someone else's land and gives part of the harvest to the landowner
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3.7
A farmer who rents land from a landowner instead of owning it
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7.4
A farmer who works someone else's land and gives the owner part of the harvest
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7.5
A small farmer who grows and gathers food plants
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'sharecrop' (to cultivate land in return for a share) combined with 'farmer' (a person who farms) yields the straightforward meaning 'a farmer who sharecrops.' This follows standard noun–noun compounding and would be understandable to a B1 learner who already knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Sharecrop farmer comes from a simple idea: a farmer works someone else's land and gives part of the harvest to the owner. The words share and crop show this, so it now means 'a farmer who pays the landowner with part of the crop'.