Meanings
nounsmallholder (plural smallholders)
plural smallholders
- A person who owns or runs a smallholding (small farm): a minor independent farmer.
- UShistoricalA small slaveholder: a person who owns a smallholding (small plantation with slavery).
[…] planters and smallholders alike controlled far more than their equitable share of the political power and economic resources in their communities. Because small slaveholders aspired to be planters, they did not often align themselves with the political and economic interests of nonslaveholders.
2003, Wilma P. Dunaway, Slavery in the American Mountain South, page 9
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Bulgarian дре́бен со́бственик на земя́
- дре́бен со́бственик на земя́ (drében sóbstvenik na zemjá)a person who owns or runs a smallholding
Danish husmand
- husmanda person who owns or runs a smallholding
Dutch keuterboer
- keuterboera person who owns or runs a smallholding
Finnish pientilallinen
- pientilallinena person who owns or runs a smallholding
French petit exploitant
- petit exploitanta person who owns or runs a smallholding
Greek μικροκαλλιεργητής
- μικροκαλλιεργητής (mikrokalliergitís)a person who owns or runs a smallholding
Hungarian kisgazda
- kisgazdaa person who owns or runs a smallholding
Polish chłop małorolny, chłopka małorolna
- chłop małorolnya person who owns or runs a smallholding
- chłopka małorolnaa person who owns or runs a smallholding
Portuguese parvifundiário
- parvifundiárioa person who owns or runs a smallholding
Cite this entry
APA
smallholder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smallholder
MLA
“smallholder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smallholder. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smallholder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smallholder.
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