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tenant farmer

ten·ant farm·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ten-uh nt fahr-mer]
    • /ˈtɛn ənt ˈfɑr mər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ten-uh nt fahr-mer]
    • /ˈtɛn ənt ˈfɑr mər/

Definitions of tenant farmer words

  • noun tenant farmer a person who farms the land of another and pays rent with cash or with a portion of the produce. 1
  • noun tenant farmer sb who farms land owned by someone else 1
  • noun tenant farmer a person who farms land rented from another, the rent usually taking the form of part of the crops grown or livestock reared 0
  • noun tenant farmer a person who farms land owned by another and pays rent in cash or in a share of the crops 0
See all 4 definitions of tenant farmer

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Origin of tenant farmer

First appearance:

before 1855
One of the 30% newest English words
First recorded in 1855-60

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Parts of speech for Tenant farmer

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

tenant farmer popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 63% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

tenant farmer usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for tenant farmer

noun tenant farmer

  • agriculturalist — An agriculturalist is someone who is an expert on agriculture and who advises farmers.
  • farmer — Fannie (Merritt) [mer-it] /ˈmɛr ɪt/ (Show IPA), 1857–1915, U.S. authority on cooking.
All 2 Synonyms of tenant farmer

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