What is another word for sharecropper?
95 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ʃˈe͡əkɹɒpə], [ ʃˈeəkɹɒpə], [ ʃ_ˈeə_k_ɹ_ɒ_p_ə]
Sharecropper is a term used to describe a person who rents a piece of land from a landowner in exchange for a share of the crops produced. However, there are several synonyms for this term that are often used interchangeably. These include tenant farmer, farm laborer, agricultural worker, and cropper. A tenant farmer and sharecropper are very similar, but a tenant farmer may have more control over crops and be less beholden to the landowner. An agricultural worker may not be tied to a specific piece of land, while a cropper may rent smaller plots of land or share expenses with other farmers. Overall, these terms all refer to individuals who work the land in exchange for a share of the crops produced.
Synonyms for Sharecropper:
-
n.
• farmer • peasant- boor ,
- bumpkin ,
- farmhands ,
- hayseed ,
- hick ,
- peon ,
- provincial ,
- provincials ,
- rube ,
- serf .
Other synonyms:
- peasant .
Other relevant words:
- Agriculturalist ,
- Ranchman ,
- agriculturist ,
- agrologist ,
- agronomist ,
- collective farm worker ,
- crofter ,
- cropper ,
- cultivator ,
- dirt farmer ,
- farmer ,
- farmhand ,
- gentleman farmer ,
- granger ,
- grower ,
- harvester ,
- harvestman ,
- haymaker ,
- husbandman ,
- kibbutznik ,
- kolkhoznik ,
- kulak ,
- muzhik ,
- picker ,
- planter ,
- plowboy ,
- plowman ,
- raiser ,
- rancher ,
- reaper ,
- rustic ,
- sower ,
- tenant farmer ,
- tiller ,
- tree farmer ,
- truck farmer ,
- yeoman .
- COBS ,
- Grazer ,
- Metayer ,
- agriculturalists ,
- agronomists ,
- breeder ,
- breeders ,
- cob ,
- country people ,
- country person ,
- crofters ,
- croppers ,
- cultivators ,
- farmers ,
- feeder ,
- feeders ,
- gleaner ,
- gleaners ,
- grazers ,
- harvesters ,
- homesteader ,
- homesteaders ,
- horticulturist ,
- horticulturists ,
- peasant farmer ,
- planters ,
- plower ,
- plowers ,
- sowers ,
- tenders ,
- tillers ,
- villein ,
- villeins .
-
•
How to use "Sharecropper" in context?
A sharecropper is someone who working for a landowner who has a share in the crop produced by the sharecroppers. Sharecropping is the most common form of tenant farming in the USA.
Word of the Day
Garwen
- Synonyms:
- Radiciflorous.
