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sharecropper

American  
[shair-krop-er] / ˈʃɛərˌkrɒp ər /

noun

  1. a tenant farmer who pays as rent a share of the crop.

sharecropper British  
/ ˈʃɛəˌkrɒpə /

noun

  1. a farmer, esp a tenant farmer, who pays over a proportion of a crop or crops as rent

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Etymology

Origin of sharecropper

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; share 1 + cropper

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