sharecropper
/ˈʃɛrkrɑpər/
noun
- A farmer who works land owned by someone else and gives a portion of the crop to the landowner as rent.
- The sharecropper planted corn and tobacco on the landlord's farm.
- After the Civil War, many freed slaves became sharecroppers in the South.
- The sharecropper hoped for good weather so he could pay off his debts.
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