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(share-crop-per) 3 syllables

Definition

noun. a farmer who works land owned by another in exchange for a share of the crops.

Example Sentence

Martin Luther King's father was a sharecropper.

More Example Sentences

He sold his share of the crops.

Synonyms

tenant farmer; agricultural laborer

Antonyms

independent farmer

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Rhymes

  • sharecropper
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