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sharecropper

/ˈʃeəˌkrɒp.ə/

Traduction: Nom désignant un agriculteur, généralement locataire, qui cultive une terre appartenant à autrui en échange d'une partie de la récolte obtenue.

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C1formalamerican/ˈʃeəˌkrɒp.ə/

A noun referring to a farmer, typically a tenant, who works land owned by another in exchange for a share of the crops produced.

  • 🇫🇷Nom désignant un agriculteur, généralement locataire, qui cultive une terre appartenant à autrui en échange d'une partie de la récolte obtenue.
  1. Agricultural tenant farmer C1 formal american

    A farmer, typically in the southern United States, who works land owned by another in exchange for a share of the crops produced.

    • After the Civil War, many freed slaves became sharecroppers.
    • The sharecropper worked the land but owned very little himself.
    • Sharecroppers often lived in poverty due to unfair contracts.

    🇫🇷Métayer agricole

    Synonymes: croppertenanttenant farmer

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