bywoner

noun

by·​wo·​ner

ˈbīˌvōnə(r),

ˈbāˌv-

plural -s

southern Africa

: a laborer or farmer working another person's land:

a

: squatter

b

: sharecropper

Word History

Etymology

Afrikaans, from by with, at (from Middle Dutch bī) + woner dweller (from woon to dwell—from Middle Dutch wōnen—+ -er); akin to Old High German bī with, at, and to Old High German wonēn to dwell

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