tenant farmer

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noun

a person who farms the land of another and pays rent with cash or with a portion of the produce.

Origin of tenant farmer

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby tenant farmer

tena koutou, tenalgia, tenancy, tenancy in common, tenant, tenant farmer, tenant farming, tenant in chief, tenant in common, tenantry, tenants association

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Example sentences from the Web for tenant farmer

He was a tenant-farmer's son, this Roger, and a likely good-for-naught.
Master Skylark|John Bennett
One word on the subject of the income tax, which is now so oppressive to the tenant-farmer.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 67, No. 416, June 1850|Various
By this law a tenant-farmer is able to bequeath his farm, that is to say, he holds his lease in perpetuity.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5|Various
I take the free-trade landlord, and I take the tenant-farmer.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 67, No. 416, June 1850|Various

In speaking of the tenant-farmers he said, 'The tenant-farmer will under free trade be an independent man.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, No. 411, January 1850|Various

British Dictionary definitions for tenant farmer

tenant farmer

noun

a person who farms land rented from another, the rent usually taking the form of part of the crops grown or livestock reared

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单词	tenant farmer
释义	tenant farmer SEE SYNONYMS FOR tenant farmer ON THESAURUS.COM noun a person who farms the land of another and pays rent with cash or with a portion of the produce. Origin of tenant farmer First recorded in 1855–60 Words nearby tenant farmer tena koutou, tenalgia, tenancy, tenancy in common, tenant, tenant farmer, tenant farming, tenant in chief, tenant in common, tenantry, tenants association Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tenant farmer He was a tenant-farmer's son, this Roger, and a likely good-for-naught. Master Skylark\|John Bennett One word on the subject of the income tax, which is now so oppressive to the tenant-farmer. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 67, No. 416, June 1850\|Various By this law a tenant-farmer is able to bequeath his farm, that is to say, he holds his lease in perpetuity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5\|Various I take the free-trade landlord, and I take the tenant-farmer. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 67, No. 416, June 1850\|Various In speaking of the tenant-farmers he said, 'The tenant-farmer will under free trade be an independent man. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, No. 411, January 1850\|Various British Dictionary definitions for tenant farmer tenant farmer noun a person who farms land rented from another, the rent usually taking the form of part of the crops grown or livestock reared Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tenant farmer crofter, metayer, sharecropper
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tenant farmer

noun

Origin of tenant farmer

Words nearby tenant farmer

Example sentences from the Web for tenant farmer

British Dictionary definitions for tenant farmer

noun

Words related to tenant farmer