tenant farmer
noun
: a farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or in shares of produce
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As a result, tenant farmers typically have only an informal agreement with the landowner and no legal status.
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Tim Hanstad, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2016
Who is more delusional than Elizabeth Bennet, who uses love to justify an economic system that treats her physical body as a means of production and will also entitle her to enjoy, without lifting a finger, the rent that Darcy charges his tenant farmers?
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
Her exhibition will feature massive and lush depictions of giant meteorites; Bush, the tenant farmer, is also a subject: Simpson’s exhibit returns his story to him.
—Dean Baquet, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
For the most part, India's rural landless are day laborers and tenant farmers.
—Tim Hanstad, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2013
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Tim Hanstad, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2016
Who is more delusional than Elizabeth Bennet, who uses love to justify an economic system that treats her physical body as a means of production and will also entitle her to enjoy, without lifting a finger, the rent that Darcy charges his tenant farmers?
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
Her exhibition will feature massive and lush depictions of giant meteorites; Bush, the tenant farmer, is also a subject: Simpson’s exhibit returns his story to him.
—Dean Baquet, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
For the most part, India's rural landless are day laborers and tenant farmers.
—Tim Hanstad, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2013
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“Tenant farmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenant%20farmer. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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