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 The patron saint of the 2024 Democratic National Convention was Fannie Lou Hamer—recalcitrant sharecropper turned agitator and, like the Democratic presidential nominee, a black woman. — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026 Black sharecroppers and farm workers used music to process segregation, deep poverty and systemic violence. — Usa Today Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026 The second looked at life among migrant workers, sharecroppers and others dwelling in mountain areas. — ABC News, 7 June 2026 Meanwhile, her parents lost their jobs; her grandparents, who were sharecroppers, were forced off the land; and the grocery store refused to serve her family. — Literary Hub, 21 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for sharecropper

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Noun

Disputes between the landowners and homesteaders continued for months and mostly played out in newspaper editorials, the Clio said.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026
The group located what appeared to be some foundational stones of a building where a descendant of the homesteaders said the blacksmith shop once stood.

— Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of homesteader

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 cultivator

Noun

Plus, the brand highlights that the bags allow roots to grow toward the earth rather than circle the plant, which promotes better health than regular plastic planters.

— Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Aug. 2026
The upper-level patio at Pierside is dotted with pergolas, fire pits and planter boxes.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of planter

Noun

Something extraordinary these episodes illustrate, in our view, is the vulnerability of America’s highly interconnected fresh-food supply chain, in which one grower or supplier problem can ripple astonishingly fast.

— Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
Mexican imports have grown faster than demand for winter strawberries, taking market share from US growers by selling at lower prices, said Daniel Pickard, the lead counsel for the coalition.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of grower

Noun

Aggressively extracting oil from its iwashi resources, Imperial Japan became the world’s largest harvester of the fish.

— Pei-Hsu Lin, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026
The final scene shows Kaleb driving a combine harvester, and radioing Clarkson to tell him that his partner, Taya, has gone into labor with his third child.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 May 2026

Definition of harvester

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
Harvesting, usage, and benefits The type of rooibos predominantly cultivated by the tea industry is the Cederberg region’s Nortier (sometimes called Nortieria), named for the man credited with kick-starting the rooibos tea industry, South African agriculturalist Pieter le Fras Nortier.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026

Definition of agriculturist

Noun

Sarnoski’s film takes its title from one of those ballads, in which Robin Hood — long before there was any Maid Marian to speak of — was a mere yeoman.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 June 2026
Seniors Myles Montgomery and Jaden Nixon did yeoman’s work, accounting for 66% of the team’s rushing yards (1,259) and 55% of the team’s carries (214).

— Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2026

Definition of yeoman

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