TENANT FARMER Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

tenant farmer

noun

Definition of tenant farmer next

as in gentleman farmer

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nonfarmer

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Recent Examples of tenant farmer Most of the population of the region was made up of tenant farmers known as sharecroppers. —

Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 1 Feb. 2026 Half of the land stays in rice production, which the conservancy leases to tenant farmers. —

Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 20 Nov. 2025 Even in good times, this aristocracy exploited small tenant farmers who in turn exploited still smaller farmers, who raised just enough potatoes to keep their families alive. —

Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025 Others were tenant farmers leaving behind the deadly droughts and storms of the Dust Bowl. —

Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for tenant farmer

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenant farmer

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