as in gentleman farmer
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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.
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Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
1 Feb. 2026
Half of the land stays in rice production, which the conservancy leases to tenant farmers.
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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.
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Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
Others were tenant farmers leaving behind the deadly droughts and storms of the Dust Bowl.
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Olatunji Osho-Williams,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for tenant farmer
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
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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.
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California’s beautiful water was tamed water, a community irrigation water system ideal for the gentleman farmer.
Noun
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What the growers’ side is arguing Natalie Collins, president of the California Association of Winegrape Growers, framed the labeling change as a competitive fairness issue.
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The same fragility that makes farming difficult (salmon-bearing streams, redwood forest, narrow soils prone to erosion) also enforces a light touch, and growers in the valley have embraced that requirement.
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“Tenant farmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenant%20farmer. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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