单词 | mezzadro |
释义 | mezzadron. Italian History. A tenant farmer working under the mezzadria system. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > tenant farmer farmerc1430 fee-farmer1468 renter1593 raiyat1625 farm holder1681 sky farmer1763 métayer1776 gebur1861 mezzadro1882 bywoner1886 1882 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 45 18 In most cases the ‘Mezzadro’ owns the cattle, cattle sheds etc., rents the fields for a given price, and provides, at his own charge, for their cultivation. 1964 Economist 4 July 55/2 The mezzadri strike, vote communist.., or leave for the cities. 1970 I. Origo Images & Shadows ix. 212 Our land was worked on the system which had been almost universal in Tuscany for nearly six centuries, the mezzadria,..the tenant—called mezzadro,..contributed the..labour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1882 |
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