métayer
noun
mé·ta·yer
-¦yā
plural -s
: one that cultivates land for a share of its yield usually receiving stock, tools, and seed from the landlord
Word History
Etymology
French, from Middle French, from Old French meteer, meiteier, from Late Latin medietat-, medietas half + Old French -ier -er
- backupper
- backuppest
- backups
- backveld
- backward
- backward compatibility
- backward compatible
- backward dive
- backward masking
- backward pass
- backward-looking
- backwardation
- backwarder
- backwardest
- backwardlier
- backwardliest
- backwardly
- backwardness
- backwardnesses
- backwards
- backwards compatibility
- backwards compatible
- backwash
- backwashed
- backwashes