crofter

noun

Definition of crofternext
chiefly British
as in agriculturalist

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  1. sharecropper
  2. yeoman
  3. planter
  4. cultivator
  5. tiller
  6. reaper
  7. plowman
  8. tenant farmer
Noun
  • He was born in 1921 in the town of Maysville, Oklahoma, and spent much of his childhood helping his father, a sharecropper, keep the family afloat.
    Shaun Raviv, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2020
  • But others saw an excellent opportunity to get out of a sharecropper mindset of focusing on the quantity of various crops to finally focus on achieving the stellar quality of Tuscan wines and, in the case of the Mazzei family, to bring the glory of Chianti Classico to the world.
    Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of sharecropper
Noun
  • The central figure of early American mythology is the landowning yeoman, most prominently hailed by Thomas Jefferson.
    Jefferson Cowie, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016
  • With all due respect to the yeoman’s work that Jovovich and Paul W.S. Anderson did for the Resident Evil adaptations over the years, Welcome to Raccoon City is actually the best Res movie to date.
    Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
Definition of yeoman
Noun
  • Browse additional deals on rugs, planters, and bath accessories.
    Megan Schaltegger, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Zoom in: New features will include synthetic turf play mounds, a shade structure, planters and seating.
    Jason Clayworth, Axios, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of planter
Noun
  • More than 70 medical marijuana businesses, including cultivators, processors, dispensaries and safety compliance facilities will initially be authorized to open in the commonwealth, French said.
    Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Legal experts say no: The amendment explicitly provides for existing businesses to become the cultivators of marijuana, but says nothing about people.
    Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2024
Definition of cultivator
Noun
  • That rod moves a connected tiller in the rear, which in turn swivels the motor/prop pod to the left or right.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Buyers will be able to select from several options to better tailor the motor to their boat, including tiller steer and center console control systems, short and long shaft configurations, and various propellers.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 July 2024
Definition of tiller
Noun
  • Sliders and tenders can be ordered at seven heat levels – no spice, lite mild, mild, medium, hot, extra hot, and reaper.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
  • In a match made in moneyed heaven, Edith Rockefeller married Harold McCormick, the son of another wealthy man and prominent Chicagoan, Cyrus McCormick, who invented the mechanical reaper, which helped in the mechanization of agriculture, in 1895.
    Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of reaper
Noun
  • The infamous East Riverside slide can dump 50 feet of concrete-thick debris and has taken the lives of three plowmen—in 1970, 1978, and 1992—as well as a preacher and his two daughters in 1963, and two men and most of their team of mules in 1883.
    Leath Tonino, Outside Online, 23 Feb. 2017
  • Like many present day comedians and actors, medieval minstrels are believed to have had day jobs as peddlers and plowmen, but performed their theatrical gigs at night.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 31 May 2023
Definition of plowman
Noun
  • As a result, tenant farmers typically have only an informal agreement with the landowner and no legal status.
    Tim Hanstad, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2016
  • Who is more delusional than Elizabeth Bennet, who uses love to justify an economic system that treats her physical body as a means of production and will also entitle her to enjoy, without lifting a finger, the rent that Darcy charges his tenant farmers?
    Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
Definition of tenant farmer
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