sharecropper
noun
share·crop·per
ˈsher-ˌkrä-pər 
: a tenant farmer especially in the southern U.S. who is provided with credit for seed, tools, living quarters, and food, who works the land, and who receives an agreed share of the value of the crop minus charges
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The son of Mississippi sharecroppers, Brown was attempting to become the Navy’s first Black pilot.
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John Blake, CNN Money, 26 May 2025
While many sharecroppers moved into these vacant dwellings, the rough sea, erosion and devastating hurricanes in 1885 and 1893 eventually made the area uninhabitable and forced the town to be abandoned before the 20th century, the Edisto Island website explained.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
The daughter of an Arkansas sharecropper, Weber, 76, has pushed back on efforts by President Donald Trump and others to limit voting access and reduce the number of days mail-in-ballots can be counted.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2025
Among the rest of the cast, Omar Miller is excellent as Cornbread, a sharecropper who works the door of the club, and Li Jun Li as Grace, part of the Chinese couple (with Yao as Bo Chow) who run the grocery stores for both the poor and the rich in town.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
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John Blake, CNN Money, 26 May 2025
While many sharecroppers moved into these vacant dwellings, the rough sea, erosion and devastating hurricanes in 1885 and 1893 eventually made the area uninhabitable and forced the town to be abandoned before the 20th century, the Edisto Island website explained.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
The daughter of an Arkansas sharecropper, Weber, 76, has pushed back on efforts by President Donald Trump and others to limit voting access and reduce the number of days mail-in-ballots can be counted.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2025
Among the rest of the cast, Omar Miller is excellent as Cornbread, a sharecropper who works the door of the club, and Li Jun Li as Grace, part of the Chinese couple (with Yao as Bo Chow) who run the grocery stores for both the poor and the rich in town.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Sharecropper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sharecropper. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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sharecropper
noun
share·crop·per
ˈshe(ə)r-ˌkräp-ər
ˈsha(ə)r-
: a farmer who works land for the owner in return for a share of the value of the crop
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