workfolk

noun

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Definition of workfolknext
as in tenant farmer

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  1. tenant farmer
  2. gentleman farmer
  3. farmer
  4. yeoman
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of tenant farmer
Noun
  • California’s beautiful water was tamed water, a community irrigation water system ideal for the gentleman farmer.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • And if tuning out entirely isn’t your speed, such activities as foraging, beekeeping, flower collecting, and focaccia baking are all available to bolster the gentleman farmer vibe.
    Leena Kim, Town & Country, 18 June 2023
Definition of gentleman farmer
Noun
  • That’s why farmers and ranchers in the area depend on irrigation that is facilitated by capturing water at two international reservoirs that feed into the river.
    Berenice Garcia, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The industry — a collection of tree farmers and sellers across the country — has only just emerged from supply shortages dating to the 2008 financial crisis.
    Ash Reynolds, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of farmer
Noun
  • The central figure of early American mythology is the landowning yeoman, most prominently hailed by Thomas Jefferson.
    Jefferson Cowie, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016
  • With all due respect to the yeoman’s work that Jovovich and Paul W.S. Anderson did for the Resident Evil adaptations over the years, Welcome to Raccoon City is actually the best Res movie to date.
    Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
Definition of yeoman
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