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

Her father was an illiterate sharecropper whose 12 children shared a one-room cabin with no running water or electricity. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 8 Sep. 2026

Born in Tallahassee to sharecroppers, Meek was raised during the Jim Crow era and would go on to break racial barriers. — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026

Ford draws from Black and Southern sharecropper traditions of reuse and durability while investigating the relationship among labor, spirituality and textiles in American fashion. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026

Her father, a tobacco sharecropper, couldn’t read or write, and the family lived in a one-room cabin with no electricity. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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