subsistence farmer

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsistence farmer
Noun
  • In response to national attention in the late 1960s to widespread hunger and malnutrition in other areas of the country, such as among tenant farmers in the rural South, a limited food stamps program was expanded.
    Tracy Roof, The Conversation, 6 July 2025
  • His great-grandfather had been a slave owner and large landholder; his parents were tenant farmers.
    Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Dior himself was a gentleman farmer, and his ornamental garden has been preserved.
    Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • California’s beautiful water was tamed water, a community irrigation water system ideal for the gentleman farmer.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
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“Subsistence farmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsistence%20farmer. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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