métayern.

Brit.

/mɛˈteɪeɪ/,

/ˌmeɪˈteɪeɪ/, U.S.

/ˌmeɪˈteɪeɪ/,

/mɛˈteɪeɪ/

Forms: 1700s– metayer, 1800s metayar, 1800s– métayer.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French métayer.

Etymology: < French métayer (1150 in Old French as moitoier ) < meitié , moitié moiety n. + -ier -ier suffix, after post-classical Latin medietarius person owing half tithes (860), hereditary tenant farmer entitled to half the yield (1007; also as adjective in sense ‘granted as a tenancy at a rate of half the crop’ (866)) < classical Latin medietās mediety n. + -ārius -ary suffix¹. Compare mezzadria n.

A farmer who holds land under the métayage 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

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > one holding by type of farm tenure

racker1688

métayer1776

crofter1799

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. iii. ii. 473 A species of farmers known at present in France by the name of Metayers .

1856 Encycl. Brit. XII. 691/1 Rural labourers [in Japan] were occupants or at best metayers.

1879 Catholic World Nov. 187/1 The land was chiefly worked by métayers.

1929 L. R. Gottshalik Era of French Revol. 33 Most of them had become métayers, who, like our share-croppers, farmed a piece of land for a stipulated portion..of the harvest.

1964 G. Rudé Crowd in Hist. 21 A large part of the peasantry..could still only scrape a meager existence from the cultivation of the soil. These included..the hosts of landless labourers, cottagers, and métayers (sharecroppers).

1989 Wine Nov. 101/2 The land is divided up among 13 métayers who, under an ancient system of tenure, give half of their wine to the Hospices as rent and keep, or sell, the rest.

Compounds

General attributive, as métayer system, métayer tenancy, etc.

ΚΠ

1804 Edinb. Rev. July 321 The system of rural economy in Hindustan, closely resembles..the metayer system.

1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. vi. 163 Metayer tenancy.

1886 A. Weir Hist. Basis Mod. Europe (1889) 110 Dauphiny, where the worst kinds of metayer farming obtained.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 12 June 2/1 Advancing money to the Bosnian peasantry to enable them to buy their holdings and end a peculiar and undesirable form of metayer tenure.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	métayer
释义	métayern. Brit. /mɛˈteɪeɪ/, /ˌmeɪˈteɪeɪ/, U.S. /ˌmeɪˈteɪeɪ/, /mɛˈteɪeɪ/ Forms: 1700s– metayer, 1800s metayar, 1800s– métayer. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French métayer. Etymology: < French métayer (1150 in Old French as moitoier ) < meitié , moitié moiety n. + -ier -ier suffix, after post-classical Latin medietarius person owing half tithes (860), hereditary tenant farmer entitled to half the yield (1007; also as adjective in sense ‘granted as a tenancy at a rate of half the crop’ (866)) < classical Latin medietās mediety n. + -ārius -ary suffix¹. Compare mezzadria n. A farmer who holds land under the métayage 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 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > one holding by type of farm tenure racker1688 métayer1776 crofter1799 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. iii. ii. 473 A species of farmers known at present in France by the name of Metayers . View more context for this quotation 1856 Encycl. Brit. XII. 691/1 Rural labourers [in Japan] were occupants or at best metayers. 1879 Catholic World Nov. 187/1 The land was chiefly worked by métayers. 1929 L. R. Gottshalik Era of French Revol. 33 Most of them had become métayers, who, like our share-croppers, farmed a piece of land for a stipulated portion..of the harvest. 1964 G. Rudé Crowd in Hist. 21 A large part of the peasantry..could still only scrape a meager existence from the cultivation of the soil. These included..the hosts of landless labourers, cottagers, and métayers (sharecroppers). 1989 Wine Nov. 101/2 The land is divided up among 13 métayers who, under an ancient system of tenure, give half of their wine to the Hospices as rent and keep, or sell, the rest. Compounds General attributive, as métayer system, métayer tenancy, etc. ΚΠ 1804 Edinb. Rev. July 321 The system of rural economy in Hindustan, closely resembles..the metayer system. 1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. vi. 163 Metayer tenancy. 1886 A. Weir Hist. Basis Mod. Europe (1889) 110 Dauphiny, where the worst kinds of metayer farming obtained. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 12 June 2/1 Advancing money to the Bosnian peasantry to enable them to buy their holdings and end a peculiar and undesirable form of metayer tenure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1776
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