as in homesteaders
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 daughter of sharecroppers, she was raised by her grandparents.
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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
Shuttling between past and present, Simpson traces her mother’s hardscrabble journey as the daughter of North Carolina sharecroppers who excels in school and becomes a teacher, then a mother, then a single mother of two.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
Andrea spends his free time here when not traveling the world performing, while his younger brother Alberto and his family quietly tend to the 300 acres of grain fields, vines, and olive trees, safeguarding the land their ancestors once farmed as sharecroppers.
—Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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
Shuttling between past and present, Simpson traces her mother’s hardscrabble journey as the daughter of North Carolina sharecroppers who excels in school and becomes a teacher, then a mother, then a single mother of two.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
Andrea spends his free time here when not traveling the world performing, while his younger brother Alberto and his family quietly tend to the 300 acres of grain fields, vines, and olive trees, safeguarding the land their ancestors once farmed as sharecroppers.
—Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sharecroppers
Noun
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Americans who buy a house tend to think like homesteaders.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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
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Legacy cultivators often use heritage brands to root themselves in cannabis history and culture.—
Sara Payan,
Rolling Stone,
5 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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Best Heirloom Mums to Plant Harmony Harvest works with a network of growers across the country in hopes of producing enough heirloom mums to compete in the global flower market.—
Mike Irvine,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 Sep. 2025
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In this front yard, urns and planters make perfect bases for pumpkin topiaries.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Sep. 2025
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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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“Sharecroppers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharecroppers. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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