tenant farmer
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈtɛnənt ˈfɑrmər/
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arrendatario
- Many tenant farmers depend on the landlord for access to essential resources like water and fertilizer.
- tenant farmer and landowner
- tenant farmers and workers
Examples
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The problems faced by tenant farmers often include rising rent and unpredictable crop prices.
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Between 1845 and 1850, explains Brighton, blighted crops of potatoes left tenant farmers with few options except selling off their livestock to support their families.
Academic text (2011) -
Well, there are good lords of the manor, and there are bad tenant farmers.
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If a woman owns land, however, she will often engage a tenant farmer who will share the harvest.
Academic text (2002) -
Fifty Jewish families and six Polish tenant farmers live in the village.
Fiction book (1999) -
The landowners are having difficulty with their tenant farmers.
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In that year, all the tenant farmers abruptly moved out of the Quarters, seemingly overnight.
Academic text (2003) -
From middle-class professional to nearly penniless tenant farmer, I count myself lucky to even have somewhere to go.
Blog text (4) -
After the war, many of the migrants to Nairobi were the disgruntled squatters pushed off European farms or tenant farmers who lost their small plots.
Academic text (1998) -
My uncle and I are tenant farmers who cultivate corn and soybeans on rented land.
Synonyms
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A person who grows crops on someone else's land and gives part of the harvest to the landowner
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5.8
A person who farms a small piece of land, often with family help
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6.3
A person who may live in or use a property for a set time and is not the owner
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9.4
A person who works a very small farm often in Scotland or northern England
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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
A person who rents land, especially a farm, from the owner
A farmer who works land owned by someone else and gives the owner part of the crop
Antonyms
How Wealthy
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3.9
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6.4
- UK
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5.8
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3.7
- Archaic
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8.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is transparently compositional: 'tenant' (someone who rents) modifies 'farmer', so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a farmer who rents the land rather than owns it. Although 'tenant' often refers to housing, the modifier + head pattern makes the agricultural meaning clear and this logic exists cross-linguistically.
Etymology
Tenant farmer shows a clear image: a farmer who is a tenant and pays 'rent' to use the land. So, it means 'a farmer who rents land'.