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
The story centers on Coleman’s journey from growing up in a family of Texas sharecroppers with 13 children to becoming the first Black woman to earn a pilot’s license.
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Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
In fact, along with sharecroppers seeking new opportunities, many Black city-dwellers likewise moved north and west to escape Jim Crow.
—Sarah Rex, JSTOR Daily, 20 Aug. 2025
But the response drew criticism for the lack of direct federal money to help flood survivors and the treatment of Black sharecroppers and laborers.
—Susan L. Cutter, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2025
The rest went to his mama on their sharecropper 40 acres.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025
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Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
In fact, along with sharecroppers seeking new opportunities, many Black city-dwellers likewise moved north and west to escape Jim Crow.
—Sarah Rex, JSTOR Daily, 20 Aug. 2025
But the response drew criticism for the lack of direct federal money to help flood survivors and the treatment of Black sharecroppers and laborers.
—Susan L. Cutter, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2025
The rest went to his mama on their sharecropper 40 acres.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 27 July 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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Small cultivators and opportunistic entrepreneurs couldn’t keep up, and the supply chain consolidated around a fewer larger, compliant operators.—
Robert Hoban,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The island is home to the Shompen, an indigenous people numbering between 200 and 400, who shun contact with outsiders and are among the last hunters, gatherers, and cultivators.—
M. Rajshekhar,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the planters lining the outdoor cafés in Harry Potter’s Paris, every flower was perfectly in bloom.—
Bianca Bosker,
The Atlantic,
14 Sep. 2025
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Clay planter pebbles, often used in hydroponics, are porous to draw water up to the seeds and keep the environment moist but not soggy.—
The San Diego Union Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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However, there is an aphid species that singles out crape myrtle as a host, and this, ironically enough, has proven to be a boon to pecan growers.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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So did an influx of Chinese apples in the 1990s, which made the US crop less valuable on the global market and squeezed growers, particularly on family orchards in the Northeast.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Interlune wants its harvester to dig up a hundred tons of regolith an hour.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Wild rice harvesting is open to all Wisconsin residents with a wild rice harvester license.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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However, in contrast to the vision of free yeoman workers, historians have found that most laborers who arrived on the first ships were either indentured to individual masters or bound by some other kind of contract that limited their freedom.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Aug. 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 18 Sep. 2025.
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