crofter

chiefly British

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Noun
  • World & Nation President Carter and the Mideast: Long-ago success and lasting wounds Jan. 1, 2025 The procession stopped at the farm where the future president toiled alongside the Black sharecroppers who worked for his father.
    Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Written in clear, confident prose, the book captured the profound influence of the land and the people -- especially the Black sharecroppers who helped raise him.
    Philip Martin, arkansasonline.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Our Ed Whelan and Andy McCarthy have done yeoman’s work in ensuring that a story the DOJ wanted buried would see the light of day.
    The Editors, National Review, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The central figure of early American mythology is the landowning yeoman, most prominently hailed by Thomas Jefferson.
    Jefferson Cowie, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016
Noun
  • One of the easiest ways to bring the outside in is by incorporating unique houseplants, floral arrangements, and ceramic planters for a fresh, organic ambience in your interiors.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 17 Jan. 2025
  • For those who want their homes to feel both chic and welcoming without complicated styling, try adding a small accent piece like a wood-and-metal lamp or a concrete planter or pairing linen throw pillows with a metallic side table for contrast.
    Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The company launched an indoor cultivator called the LG Tiiun in 2019, before following up with much more compact iterations.
    Emma Roth, The Verge, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Artists are launching their own lines of cannabis products, typically pairing up with existing cultivators to get their brands on dispensary shelves.
    Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The aging tiller takes pride in that fact as well as his work.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The no-nonsense, commercial look also stretches to the central helm with a trio of 22-inch Garmin screens as well as a tiller and joystick controls.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The company is still keen to win more sliced and shredded consumers, and has new flavors like Carolina reaper and zesty ranch in store for next year.
    Brooks Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Sliders and tenders can be ordered at seven heat levels – no spice, lite mild, mild, medium, hot, extra hot, and reaper.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
Noun
  • The infamous East Riverside slide can dump 50 feet of concrete-thick debris and has taken the lives of three plowmen—in 1970, 1978, and 1992—as well as a preacher and his two daughters in 1963, and two men and most of their team of mules in 1883.
    Leath Tonino, Outside Online, 23 Feb. 2017
  • Like many present day comedians and actors, medieval minstrels are believed to have had day jobs as peddlers and plowmen, but performed their theatrical gigs at night.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 31 May 2023
Noun
  • These parcels were given to native Hawaiian tenant farmers in 1850 and were considered sacred to the generations who had owned them since.
    Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The new draft act has its roots in the 1950s, when 30 to 40 percent of India’s farmland was worked by tenant farmers.
    Tim Hanstad, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2016
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“Crofter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crofter. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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