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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 sharecroppers
The Malcolms and Dorseys were sharecroppers who had encouraged Black community members to vote in Georgia's all-white primary earlier that year.
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Brian Unger, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
This beloved drama follows a family of Black sharecroppers trying to get by in 1930s Louisiana.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Dec. 2025
As the children of sharecroppers, Ruby’s parents had to leave school to help their parents in the fields.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
Coleman was born into a large family of sharecroppers in 1890s Texas.
—Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 12 Nov. 2025
My mom was the child of sharecroppers in Mississippi.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Born in Alabama to a family of sharecroppers, Morrow taught himself barbering and chemistry — the foundation of his hair care business.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
The daughter of sharecroppers, she was raised by her grandparents.
—Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2025
Advertisement For the next several years, activists knocked on the doors of sharecroppers and drove folks to county registrars’ offices, often facing denials or delays, arrests, and violence.
—Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Brian Unger, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
This beloved drama follows a family of Black sharecroppers trying to get by in 1930s Louisiana.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Dec. 2025
As the children of sharecroppers, Ruby’s parents had to leave school to help their parents in the fields.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
Coleman was born into a large family of sharecroppers in 1890s Texas.
—Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 12 Nov. 2025
My mom was the child of sharecroppers in Mississippi.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Born in Alabama to a family of sharecroppers, Morrow taught himself barbering and chemistry — the foundation of his hair care business.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
The daughter of sharecroppers, she was raised by her grandparents.
—Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2025
Advertisement For the next several years, activists knocked on the doors of sharecroppers and drove folks to county registrars’ offices, often facing denials or delays, arrests, and violence.
—Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sharecroppers
Noun
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Releford, or another team member leading the tour, shares stories of the original homesteaders, Black agricultural innovators and the land’s evolution over more than a century.—
Martine Thompson,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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Of two Montana homesteaders at war over a gate installed on a private road, one is a nerd culture YouTuber who directs his fans’ ire toward the ever-present thorn in his side.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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The commission offers a range of license types, including cultivators, craft marijuana cooperatives, product manufacturers, retailers, research facilities, independent testing laboratories, transporters and microbusinesses.—
State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
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Several defendants are members of the Ohio Cannabis Coalition, a marijuana trade association representing cultivators, dispensaries, processors and testing labs.—
Jessie Balmert,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Feb. 2026
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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
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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
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Coming from the Orinoco Basin in South America, groups of agriculturalists settled in villages in the western and eastern parts of the Caribbean, speaking languages derived from the language family known as Arawakan.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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While some growers don't bother to stake or cage determinate tomatoes, providing some support will help prevent the plant from tipping over from the weight of the fruit or strong winds.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2026
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By focusing on arbitrary numbers rather than specific pathogens, the state forces legal growers to treat safe flower, stripping it of quality.—
Rino Ferrarese,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
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The planters come in a set of two and are offered in four simple colors, each of which will let colorful flowers and leafy options stand out.—
Jamie Weissman,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Feb. 2026
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They won’t be planted in the ground but instead will be in planters.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Sharecroppers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharecroppers. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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