crofter

chiefly British

Example Sentences

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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
Noun
  • My mom was the child of sharecroppers in Mississippi.
    Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Jackson could give the Eagles yeoman’s work at the position that allows the Eagles to get by until next offseason.
    Zach Berman, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • However, in contrast to the vision of free yeoman workers, historians have found that most laborers who arrived on the first ships were either indentured to individual masters or bound by some other kind of contract that limited their freedom.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The changes arrived as more ranching operations close around the country, though some cattle growers say the president should also end aid to foreign beef producers.
    John Leos, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Petro has repeatedly defended his policy, which moves away from a repressive approach and prioritizes reaching agreements with growers of coca leaf - the raw material for cocaine - to encourage them to switch to other crops, pursuing major drug lords and combating money laundering.
    NPR, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The family of four was photographed at the London Hilton on Park Lane, posing together in front of a planter filled with sunflowers.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The rest of the money would be used for marketing, events and things like planters and signage.
    Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Coming from the Orinoco Basin in South America, groups of agriculturalists settled in villages in the western and eastern parts of the Caribbean, speaking languages derived from the language family known as Arawakan.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Colorado regulators fined more than 40 cannabis cultivators and manufacturers over the last five years for failing to comply with testing requirements.
    Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Those businesses have been waiting for cultivators, manufacturers and testing facilities to establish a supply of products to sell to customers.
    Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • It's controlled via simple two-button operation or with the available remote that docks atop the tiller handle.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2025
  • For best results, apply about 3 to 6 inches of organic matter over your garden soil in fall or spring and work the organic matter into the top 6 to 12 inches of soil with a shovel or tiller.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Lowe’s has a wide selection ranging from 12-foot animatronic scarecrows, 10-foot reapers, and even an in-ground Kraken, — which sold out in just five hours in July 2024.
    Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The restaurant's signature, Nashville-style chicken tenders and sliders come in seven spice levels, from no spice to reaper, which requires customers to sign a waiver before eating it.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Crofter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crofter. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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