SHARECROPPER Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

sharecropper

noun

Definition of sharecropper

as in homesteader

a farmer especially in the southern U.S. who raises crops for the owner of a piece of land and is paid a portion of the money from the sale of the crops grew up the child of a poor sharecropper

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Recent Examples of sharecropper Her father, a tobacco sharecropper, couldn’t read or write, and the family lived in a one-room cabin with no electricity. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Four score and three thousand songs ago, in the middle of a whopping winter storm, a sharecropper and his young wife brought forth upon this continent a baby girl named Dolly Parton. — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026 Lee was a sharecropper who sometimes worked construction jobs to make ends meet, and Avie was a homemaker. — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026 Wilson grew up in Louisiana as the son of a sharecropper and ran away from home with just an elementary education. — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sharecropper

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sharecropper

Noun

The American Dream, in this sense, moved from production to consumption, from homesteaders growing crops to homeowners buying appliances.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
That was whittled down to one that raises the homestead threshold for the longest-residing residents, the homesteaders.

— Peggy Gossett-Seidman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of homesteader

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

Impatiens Impatiens are commonly grown as bedding plants in the garden, or as filler plants in planters and pots.

— Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 28 Sep. 2026
Get inspired at the garden center with vertical gardens, railing planters, or pots with seasonal florals.

— Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of planter

Noun

During the 19th century, American cotton growers regarded seeds as an enormous nuisance.

— Edward D. Melillo, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Such traps can reveal when adults become active and help growers determine whether and when additional control measures are needed.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of grower

Noun

For an oyster roast—which can vary in size from a family backyard affair to a full-on event with hundreds of attendees—the host will purchase bags of oysters from a local harvester (or harvest the oysters themselves).

— Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Sep. 2026
Corn and soybean growers reported that a single large combine harvester consumes roughly 200 gallons of diesel per day.

— , CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of harvester

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

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

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