subsistence farmer

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Noun
  • Playing alongside Clarence Muse, who portrays a tenant farmer, Fetchit was cast as the clichéd buffoon, lazy and happy-go-lucky.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Centuries of penal laws had left Catholics as impoverished tenant farmers, while Protestants – wealthier and less reliant on the crop – had greater resources to survive.
    Paula Kane, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Part of his mission as an exemplary gentleman farmer was to convince his peers to attend to their estates and, in so doing, bring them back into the fold of solid Roman traditions.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Feb. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • In 2024, for example, garden-industry research firm Simple Spring found that 56% of growers use computer apps to assist their efforts.
    Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
  • When prices were high, sugar production abroad increased as growers looked to cash in on the profitable crop, Johansson said.
    Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
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“Subsistence farmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsistence%20farmer. Accessed 9 May. 2026.

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