CROFTER Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

crofter

noun

Definition of crofter

chiefly British

as in sharecropper

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nonfarmer

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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

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Noun

Johnson, who was born in a sharecropper’s shack in Mississippi in 1927, moved to Chicago with his mother at age 2.

— Reuters, NBC news, 7 July 2026
Born to sharecroppers in South Carolina and raised in Harlem, New York, Gibson lived in a world far from white country clubs or Black luxury.

— Sophia Zhang, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026

Definition of sharecropper

Noun

Sarnoski’s film takes its title from one of those ballads, in which Robin Hood — long before there was any Maid Marian to speak of — was a mere yeoman.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 June 2026
Seniors Myles Montgomery and Jaden Nixon did yeoman’s work, accounting for 66% of the team’s rushing yards (1,259) and 55% of the team’s carries (214).

— Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2026

Definition of yeoman

Noun

In fact, many downtown restaurants champion regional growers and foster community through food.

— Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2026
The 50-year-old operation laid off 50 of its 65 employees as California growers removed more than 38,000 acres of vineyards between October 2024 and August 2025 amid an oversaturated market.

— Ruyuan Li. Summary produced by AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of grower

Noun

No physical barrier blocks people from walking across the border outside the library, although planters prevent vehicles from crossing, and border guards from both countries keep watch.

— Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Wheat farmers in Britain, sugar beet growers in central Europe, tobacco planters in Virginia and cotton cultivators across the American South all embraced the new fertilizer.

— Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026

Definition of planter

Noun

Dressing gardens with compost helps improve soil structure and fertility, supports sustainable gardening practices, keeps ecosystems in balance and can reduce greenhouse gases, agriculturists tell us.

— Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
Harvesting, usage, and benefits The type of rooibos predominantly cultivated by the tea industry is the Cederberg region’s Nortier (sometimes called Nortieria), named for the man credited with kick-starting the rooibos tea industry, South African agriculturalist Pieter le Fras Nortier.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026

Definition of agriculturist

Noun

Wheat farmers in Britain, sugar beet growers in central Europe, tobacco planters in Virginia and cotton cultivators across the American South all embraced the new fertilizer.

— Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026
Its inhabitants remain largely indifferent to the independence movement; village elders reason that freedom will benefit the educated while cultivators will merely exchange one set of masters for another.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026

Definition of cultivator

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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