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crofter

noun

Definition of crofternext
chiefly British
as in sharecropper

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Recent Examples of crofter The renovated 19th-century crofter’s house puts sea views front and center, with Nordic interiors to complement the serene setting. — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2025 His eight-course menu was off-the-scale scrumptious, and made all the more so by eating it inside the single-story, simple crofter’s farmhouse, carpeted with straw, and lit with tea lights and candles in wall nooks. — Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crofter
  1. sharecropper
  2. yeoman
  3. grower
  4. planter
  5. agriculturist
  6. cultivator
  7. tiller
  8. reaper
Noun
  • 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
Definition of sharecropper
Noun
  • The early Robin Hood was no polished folk hero, Jones says, but a violent, devout yeoman pushed to society’s edge by corrupt officials.
    — JP Mangalindan, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Alexis Ohanian have effectively dubbed themselves amateur yeoman, putting the ultrarichs’ hobby of tending to the land in the spotlight.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of yeoman
Noun
  • The material begins with straw collected from growers in Anadolu Efes’ agricultural supply network.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Meta sits near the bottom of the group, ahead of only Amazon — which is a much slower grower and a low-margin retailer.
    — Todd Gordon, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of grower
Noun
  • The planters are original to the stadium’s 1962 construction, and many had crumbled badly enough over the decades to need painstaking repair.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
  • With the fall harvest already started, diesel is powering tractors, planters, and harvesters.
    — Victoria Hoffmann, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of planter
Noun
  • LaRue was a prominent agriculturalist and state legislator, while his son, Jacob Eugene LaRue, was active in efforts to bring University State Farm, the predecessor to UC Davis, to what was then known as Davisville.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • According to Mason Huddleston, an urban agriculturalist at Oklahoma State University Extension, one of the plant’s most distinguishing features is its smooth, hollow stem, marked with purple or reddish-purple spots.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of agriculturist
Noun
  • In 2019, González was introduced to Rocha, who had a reputation as a cultivator of Black and brown political talent.
    — Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Cut, trim and prune with loppers, shears, snips and more, dig and weed with scoops, trowels, weeders and more and take and cultivate with cultivators and rakes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of cultivator
Noun
  • Once the land is clear, use a rotary tiller to break up the soil clods.
    — Amanda Tust, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The pilot remains in control, steering via the cockpit tiller and pedals.
    — David Szondy June 07, New Atlas, 7 June 2026
Definition of tiller
Noun
  • In one scene, a pair of revellers dance naked just outside the fence of the Calvary Cemetery, thumbing their noses at the reaper while the Manhattan skyline towers in the distance.
    — Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
  • At the 1851 Great Exhibition in London, American revolvers and reapers with swappable parts stunned international observers.
    — Guru Madhavan, IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2026
Definition of reaper

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“Crofter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crofter. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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