SHARECROPPER Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

sharecropper

noun

as in homesteader

a farmer especially in the southern U.S. who raises crops for the owner of a piece of land and is paid a portion of the money from the sale of the crops grew up the child of a poor sharecropper

Synonyms & Similar Words

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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

nonfarmer

Examples of sharecropper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Flashback: Henry was a former sharecropper who in 1928 fled Georgia and came to Pinellas, lured by the prospect of railroad and citrus jobs. —

Kathryn Varn, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024 Owens grew up in Cleveland as one of 10 children of former Alabama sharecroppers. —

Ronald G. Shafer, Washington Post, 21 July 2024 My Nana is the daughter of sharecroppers and one of the first students to go to an integrated school in our hometown of Dinwiddie County, Virginia. —

Shanique Yates, refinery29.com, 9 July 2024 Hamer, a Mississippi sharecropper, challenged the make-up of her state's all-white delegation and the national party’s lack of Black delegates. —

Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sharecropper

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