as in gentleman farmer
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Recent Examples of tenant farmer
This economic bondage, called sharecropping, was a system by which tenant farmers rented land from large landowners.
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David Cason, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
Black sharecroppers and tenant farmers were plotting an insurrection.
—Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made By History, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
The new bill in parliament aims to claw back some of that land by expanding community ownership and giving more power to tenant farmers and smaller landholders.
—Robert Ormerod, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Herb continued to learn his trade as a tenant farmer on several different properties in Kane County.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
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David Cason, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
Black sharecroppers and tenant farmers were plotting an insurrection.
—Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made By History, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
The new bill in parliament aims to claw back some of that land by expanding community ownership and giving more power to tenant farmers and smaller landholders.
—Robert Ormerod, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Herb continued to learn his trade as a tenant farmer on several different properties in Kane County.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenant farmer
gentleman farmer
Noun
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Dior himself was a gentleman farmer, and his ornamental garden has been preserved.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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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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“Tenant farmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenant%20farmer. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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