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‖ métayer|metɛje|
Also 9 metayar.
[F. métayer:—med.L. medietārius, f. medietās half: see mediety, moiety.]
A farmer who holds land on the métayage system. Also attrib. as in métayer system, métayer tenancy.
1776Adam Smith W. N. iii. ii. I. 473 A species of farmers known at present in France by the name of Metayers. 1804Edin. Rev. IV. 321 The system of rural economy in Hindustan, closely resembles..the metayer system. 1856Crauford in Encycl. Brit. XII. 691/1 Rural labourers [in Japan] were occupants or at best metayers. 1875Maine Hist. Inst. vi. 163 Metayer tenancy. 1886A. Weir Hist. Basis Mod. Europe (1889) 110 Dauphiny, where the worst kinds of metayer farming obtained. |