crofters

Definition of croftersnext
plural of crofter, chiefly British

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Noun
  • Additionally, the Hudson Farmers' Market draws local growers and makers with fresh produce, baked goods, cheeses, and flowers on Saturdays from spring to fall.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Knowledgeable growers will be available to answer questions.
    Martina Schimitschek, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Malcolms and Dorseys were sharecroppers who had encouraged Black community members to vote in Georgia's all-white primary earlier that year.
    Brian Unger, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • This beloved drama follows a family of Black sharecroppers trying to get by in 1930s Louisiana.
    Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Despite that, effective control over such management priorities has long rested with agriculturalists and hunters, whose interests are not always shared by the vast majority of Coloradans.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • More recently, soybean croppers were angered by the financial support lent to Argentina, which went on to ship large quantities of its own soybeans to China.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The commission offers a range of license types, including cultivators, craft marijuana cooperatives, product manufacturers, retailers, research facilities, independent testing laboratories, transporters and microbusinesses.
    State House News Service, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Several defendants are members of the Ohio Cannabis Coalition, a marijuana trade association representing cultivators, dispensaries, processors and testing labs.
    Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Michaels is already full of lifelike faux flowers, planters, and vases.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Smooth, rounded bullnose coping framed walls, stairs, and planters in backyards of the 1960s and 1970s.
    Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • All 11 stadiums — even the four that play NFL football on natural grass — will bring in special sod carefully crafted by agronomists and approved by FIFA.
    Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • There are humans in the cabin of the combine - mostly agronomists who study the operations and yield, and use this information to optimize seeding plans for next season.
    Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Crofters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crofters. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.

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