subsistence farmer

noun

as in tenant farmer

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Recent Examples of subsistence farmer Sena, a subsistence farmer, asked me, on my first morning in town. — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsistence farmer
  1. tenant farmer
  2. gentleman farmer
  3. grower
Noun
  • Marc Savoy was on his grandfather’s farm in Eunice, Louisiana, on the Prairie Faquetaïque, and something enchanting was rising from the catalpa grove, where a tenant farmer named Hiram Courville lived.
    — jeanne malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026
  • Set in the Bangladeshi countryside during a pre-digital era, the film centers on Sadu, an impoverished tenant farmer who lives in isolation with his volatile wife.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 May 2026
Definition of tenant farmer
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  • His father, Golding Constable, a gentleman farmer who had built a lucrative business milling and transporting grain, expected his son John to succeed him.
    — Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 2026
  • 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
Definition of gentleman farmer
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  • The platform is designed to let growers and group managers reuse existing farm information and review and update their records each year.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • As the 2026 harvest winds down, rising production costs and inadequate crop prices are eating into farmers’ income, particularly among Midwest corn and soybean growers, even with a potential record in government subsidies.
    — Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of grower

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“Subsistence farmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsistence%20farmer. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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