croft
noun
ˈkrȯft 
1
chiefly British : a small enclosed field usually adjoining a house
2
chiefly British : a small farm worked by a tenant
crofter
ˈkrȯf-tər
noun chiefly British 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Living on a croft, our family was there for some months in early 1967. 
John Mcphee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
John Mcphee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022 Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English; akin to Middle Dutch krocht hill
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
crofters
noun
as in growers
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- growers
- yeomen
- sharecroppers
- agriculturists
- agriculturalists
- cultivators
- croppers
- planters
- tillers
- farmhands
- agronomists
- homesteaders
- gleaners
- tenant farmers
- harvesters
- subsistence farmers
- reapers
- plowmen
- gentlemen farmers
- ranchmen
- ranchers
- grangers
- campesinos
- field hands
- nesters
- workfolks
- rancheros
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- nonfarmers