crofters

noun

plural of crofter, chiefly British
as in growers

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  1. growers
  2. sharecroppers
  3. agriculturists
  4. croppers
  5. cultivators
  6. planters
  7. tillers
  8. agronomists
Noun
  • In Ventura County, production costs reached about $815 million, leaving growers with a net loss.
    — Ella Chakarian, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Abbotsford Abbotsford is one of Canada’s most productive agricultural communities, offering plenty of ways to sample the region’s flavors while getting a closer look at the growers and food producers behind the Fraser Valley’s bounty.
    — Vivian Chung, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of growers
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 sharecroppers
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
  • 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
Definition of agriculturists
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
Definition of croppers
Noun
  • 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
  • This scientific understanding is enabling cultivators to engineer diverse, less pungent strains and driving innovation in discreet, low-odor products like edibles and vapes.
    — Peter Su, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of cultivators
Noun
  • The site is often visited by tourists and is a monument to the past, the history of slavery, and the wealth amassed by cotton planters in Mississippi.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Curves should get snakier, lanes should narrow and widen at intervals, speed bumps and planters should be deliberately placed in the way.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of planters
Noun
  • All electric tillers use front-line tillers, meaning the tines are placed in front of the wheels and pull the tiller forward.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2026
  • America has largely been out of tune regarding that refrain, but its greatest defenders of democracy and its tillers for a better world have not.
    — Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2025
Definition of tillers
Noun
  • Around the middle of the century, agronomists also developed high-yield, fast-growing varieties of staple crops like wheat and rice in what is known as the Green Revolution.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Their wider ecosystem includes field workers, seasonal workers, input suppliers, agronomists, university researchers, local traders and ginners.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of agronomists
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