as in gentleman farmer
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Recent Examples of tenant farmer
The new draft act has its roots in the 1950s, when 30 to 40 percent of India’s farmland was worked by tenant farmers.
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Tim Hanstad, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2016
Carter worked the land throughout the Great Depression, but it was owned by the elder Carter, who employed the surrounding Black tenant farmers in the era of Jim Crow segregation.
—Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
The Carters were the only white family in Archery, and his playmates were the children of Black tenant farmers.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
As a result, tenant farmers typically have only an informal agreement with the landowner and no legal status.
—Tim Hanstad, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2016
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Tim Hanstad, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2016
Carter worked the land throughout the Great Depression, but it was owned by the elder Carter, who employed the surrounding Black tenant farmers in the era of Jim Crow segregation.
—Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
The Carters were the only white family in Archery, and his playmates were the children of Black tenant farmers.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
As a result, tenant farmers typically have only an informal agreement with the landowner and no legal status.
—Tim Hanstad, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2016
See All Example Sentences for tenant farmer
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“Tenant farmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenant%20farmer. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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