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View synonyms for sharecropper
sharecropper
[ shair-krop-er ]
- a tenant farmer who pays as rent a share of the crop.
sharecropper
/ ˈʃɛəˌkrɒpə /
- a farmer, esp a tenant farmer, who pays over a proportion of a crop or crops as rent
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sharecropper1
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Example Sentences
The daughter of a poor sharecropper who was also a Baptist minister, she started picking cotton at age 6.
From Washington Post
Her parents, who were sharecroppers, were forced from their land when Ruby integrated her elementary school.
From Washington Post
Robinson was the sole child of a third-generation sharecropper and a maid who earned a dollar a day.
From The Daily Beast
She was one homely sharecropper, that was a fact, but she had a nice feel for Lady Luck.
From Project Gutenberg
They moved on another place and started working sharecropper.
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