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sharecropper

share·crop·per
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [shair-krop-er]
    • /ˈʃɛərˌkrɒp ər/
    • /ˈʃeəˌkrɒp.ər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shair-krop-er]
    • /ˈʃɛərˌkrɒp ər/

Definitions of sharecropper word

  • noun sharecropper a tenant farmer who pays as rent a share of the crop. 1
  • noun sharecropper farmer paying rent in crops 1
  • countable noun sharecropper A sharecropper is a farmer who pays the rent for his land with some of the crops they produce. 0
  • noun sharecropper a farmer, esp a tenant farmer, who pays over a proportion of a crop or crops as rent 0
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Origin of sharecropper

First appearance:

before 1910
One of the 15% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1910-15; share1 + cropper

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Parts of speech for Sharecropper

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Sharecropper

sharecropper popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Synonyms for sharecropper

noun sharecropper

  • agriculturalist — An agriculturalist is someone who is an expert on agriculture and who advises farmers.
  • agronomist — An agronomist is someone who studies the growing and harvesting of crops.
  • breeder — Breeders are people who breed animals or plants.
  • cob — A cob is a type of short strong horse.
  • crofter — In Scotland, a crofter is a person who lives on a croft or small farm.
All 16 Synonyms of sharecropper

Top questions with sharecropper

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Related words

  • cropper

    a person who cultivates or harvests a crop
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