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
Lewis is the son of Alabama sharecroppers, born in Troy, Pike County, Alabama on February 21, 1940.
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 17 July 2025
The son of a Texas sharecropper, Stephenson moved to Evansville after World War I, taking a job as a salesman.
—Indianapolis Star, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Born Jimmy Lee Swaggart in Ferriday, Louisiana, on March 15, 1935, Swaggart was the son of sharecroppers and cousin to both future rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis and future country music star Mickey Gilley.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 July 2025
Miles Caton plays their young cousin Sammie, a sharecropper and the pastor’s son, who has a deep connection to music.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 19 Apr. 2025
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 17 July 2025
The son of a Texas sharecropper, Stephenson moved to Evansville after World War I, taking a job as a salesman.
—Indianapolis Star, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Born Jimmy Lee Swaggart in Ferriday, Louisiana, on March 15, 1935, Swaggart was the son of sharecroppers and cousin to both future rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis and future country music star Mickey Gilley.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 July 2025
Miles Caton plays their young cousin Sammie, a sharecropper and the pastor’s son, who has a deep connection to music.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sharecropper
Noun
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Americans who buy a house tend to think like homesteaders.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
11 Aug. 2025
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The original maze with a soundtrack composed by the Grammy-winning guitarist will drop visitors onto a rural farm where scarecrows seek vengeance on homesteaders for their past sins against Mother Nature.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
24 July 2025
Noun
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However, cultivators can't get rid of weeds close to plants without damaging the vegetables.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
22 June 2025
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One of the most egregious examples resulted in the closure of Denver cultivator The Training Fields in 2022.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Still, most planters report good harvests from Better Boy, Big Beef, Champion, Celebrity and Mountain Merit.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Aug. 2025
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Now there’s planters outside the front of our house, on our patio, and on our roof.—
Chris Morocco,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 Aug. 2025
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Class-wise, the 1880s equivalents of the Halls, the Lopers, and the Hanna-Riggs would have been merchants or professionals or, at the very least, yeoman farmers, who owned land and employed laborers and maybe servants.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
10 July 2025
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Likewise, the training staff has performed yeoman’s work tending to the Orlando native.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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“Sharecropper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharecropper. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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