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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Black sharecroppers and tenant farmers were plotting an insurrection.
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Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made By History, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
She was born in the 1890s, daughter of sharecroppers, grew up quite poor but was incredibly ambitious, very intelligent.
—Sara Ivry, JSTOR Daily, 19 Feb. 2025
Her father was a sharecropper — and later, a knitting mill worker — who played fiddle and gave voice lessons at the local Methodist church.
—Bill Friskics-Warren, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Come evening, check into the 52-unit Shack Up Inn, which comprises a collection of former sharecroppers’ cabins surrounded by farm equipment and literal tumbleweeds.
—Emma John, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2025
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Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made By History, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
She was born in the 1890s, daughter of sharecroppers, grew up quite poor but was incredibly ambitious, very intelligent.
—Sara Ivry, JSTOR Daily, 19 Feb. 2025
Her father was a sharecropper — and later, a knitting mill worker — who played fiddle and gave voice lessons at the local Methodist church.
—Bill Friskics-Warren, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Come evening, check into the 52-unit Shack Up Inn, which comprises a collection of former sharecroppers’ cabins surrounded by farm equipment and literal tumbleweeds.
—Emma John, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sharecropper
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“Sharecropper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sharecropper. Accessed 1 May. 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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