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
  • Lewis was born to sharecroppers in rural Pike County, Alabama, in 1940.
    Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Rafer Johnson Rafer Johnson was born in Hillsboro, Texas on August 18, 1934, the son of sharecroppers.
    Tim Genske, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of sharecropper
Noun
  • 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
  • The offensive line did yeoman’s work and Willis hit Reed in stride at the Jacksonville 40.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of yeoman
Noun
  • Since one of the skeletons towers at 12 feet tall, Jackson made a Swig cup out of a plastic planter and two giant pieces of poster board.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Want some inspo on creating plants that cohabitate well in planters together?
    Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 18 Sep. 2024
Definition of planter
Noun
  • Product displays by cultivator or processor (empty packaging/no cannabis) inside the dispensary, not visible from the exterior of the building.
    Dispatch staff, The Enquirer, 23 July 2024
  • Smaller cannabis cultivators, rather than chains, may be the best place to start.
    Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 10 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
  • 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
  • Even the subsequent record-setting performance of Inside Out 2 this summer wasn’t enough to fend off the Mouse House reaper.
    David Bloom, Forbes, 27 Sep. 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
  • 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
  • Her exhibition will feature massive and lush depictions of giant meteorites; Bush, the tenant farmer, is also a subject: Simpson’s exhibit returns his story to him.
    Dean Baquet, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of tenant farmer
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