TENANT FARMERS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

tenant farmers

noun

plural of tenant farmer

as in subsistence farmers

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Noun

Founder Mario Patiño has spent more than a decade building Jaguar and now works with some 170 coffee growers across the country.

— Nikkita Nair, Saveur, 10 Sep. 2026
Vendors and growers carry in their selections from different parts of the city and greater New England, making the lively market feel like a center for the region’s resurgence of artisan crafts and family farming.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026

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Born in Tallahassee to sharecroppers, Meek was raised during the Jim Crow era and would go on to break racial barriers.

— Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
Born to sharecroppers in South Carolina and raised in Harlem, New York, Gibson lived in a world far from white country clubs or Black luxury.

— Sophia Zhang, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026

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