cropper

• Nom désignant un petit agriculteur ou un métayer qui cultive des terres, souvent à une échelle modeste, pour produire des récoltes.

A noun referring to small farmers or tenants who cultivate crops, often on a modest scale.

1. Small farmer or tenantC1formal

   A farmer who cultivates land, especially as a tenant or on a small scale.

   Petit fermier ou métayer

   • The cropper worked the land for a share of the harvest.
   • Many croppers struggled to make a living from the soil.
   • The landlord provided the seed, and the cropper provided the labor.

   Synonymescroftersharecroppersmallholdertenant farmer