tenant farmer

noun

: a farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or in shares of produce

Examples of tenant farmer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The village’s Sikh landowners and Muslim tenant farmers have coexisted for generations. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026

Marc Savoy was on his grandfather’s farm in Eunice, Louisiana, on the Prairie Faquetaïque, and something enchanting was rising from the catalpa grove, where a tenant farmer named Hiram Courville lived. — Jeanne Malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026

Set in the Bangladeshi countryside during a pre-digital era, the film centers on Sadu, an impoverished tenant farmer who lives in isolation with his volatile wife. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 May 2026

Playing alongside Clarence Muse, who portrays a tenant farmer, Fetchit was cast as the clichéd buffoon, lazy and happy-go-lucky. — Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1748, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for tenant farmer

• armor
• charmer
• harmer

Kids Definition

tenant farmer

noun

: a farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or in shares of produce