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

Examples of sharecropper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Born in Alabama to a family of sharecroppers, Morrow taught himself barbering and chemistry — the foundation of his hair care business. —Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025

The daughter of sharecroppers, she was raised by her grandparents. —Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2025

Advertisement For the next several years, activists knocked on the doors of sharecroppers and drove folks to county registrars’ offices, often facing denials or delays, arrests, and violence. —Time, 12 Sep. 2025

Wanzo, the son of a sharecropper, was born in Pike County, Mississippi, in 1926. —Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1871, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sharecropper

• chopper
• copper
• cropper
• dropper
• pauper
• popper
• proper
• shopper
• stopper
• topper
• whopper
• eavesdropper

Kids Definition

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