Meanings
nounsharecropper (plural sharecroppers)
plural sharecroppers
- A person who enters a sharecropping agreement with a land owner; one who sharecrops.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsmall farmers and tenants
Similar
croppersharecrop farmer
Broader
agricultural laboreragricultural labourer
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian изполичар
- изполичар (izpoličar)a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
Catalan masover
- masovera farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
Chinese Mandarin 佃農 /佃农
- 佃農 /佃农 (diàn nóng)a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
Dutch deelpachter, deelbouwer
- deelpachtera farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
- deelbouwera farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
Finnish vuokraviljelijä
- vuokraviljelijäa farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
French métayer, métayère
- métayera farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
- métayèrea farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
- colona farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
- mégera farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
German Naturalpächter, Halbpächter
- Naturalpächtera farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
- Halbpächtera farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
- Teilpächtera farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
Greek μεσιακάρης, κολίγας
- μεσιακάρης (mesiakáris)a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
- κολίγας (kolígas)a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
Italian mezzadro
- mezzadroa farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
Polish połownik
- połownika farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
Portuguese parceiro rural, meeiro
- parceiro rurala farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
- meeiroa farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
Russian испольщик, издо́льщик
- испольщик (ispolʹščik)a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
- издо́льщик (izdólʹščik)a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
Spanish aparcero
- aparceroa farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
Cite this entry
APA
sharecropper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharecropper
MLA
“sharecropper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharecropper. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sharecropper,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharecropper.
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