crofter

chiefly British

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crofter
Noun
  • Black sharecroppers and tenant farmers were plotting an insurrection.
    Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made by History, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
  • She was born in the 1890s, daughter of sharecroppers, grew up quite poor but was incredibly ambitious, very intelligent.
    Sara Ivry, JSTOR Daily, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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, 4 Apr. 2025
  • But on the Blackhawks, he’s done yeoman’s work providing some support for Bedard, with career highs of 23 goals, 28 assists and 51 points.
    Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Green trellis panels and lemon trees in striped planters frame the setting, and beyond is the hotel’s courtyard garden.
    Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Container Gardening – Community Garden Education Series: Learn how to grow vibrant flowers, fresh herbs, and tasty vegetables in pots and planters.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This increase in revenue benefits not only cannabis retailers but also cultivators, manufacturers, and distributors within the supply chain.
    Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Explore the Emerald Triangle Known as the Napa Valley of cannabis, this region is home to world-class craft cultivators.
    Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • After applying, work the alkalizing product into the top 6 inches of soil with a rake, shovel, or tiller, and then deeply water the area to activate the product. Test your soil pH after a few months and apply more product if the pH values are still too low.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Kovačević notes that computer science education at the collegiate level typically keeps the tiller set on skill development, and exploration of the technological scope of computer science — and a unspoken cultural norm in the field that since anything is possible, anything is acceptable.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Oct. 2020
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
  • Even if, by the end of the tune, the plowman who sings it has lost his farm, and Bessie’s missing and presumably buried on it somewhere.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • This economic bondage, called sharecropping, was a system by which tenant farmers rented land from large landowners.
    David Cason, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Black sharecroppers and tenant farmers were plotting an insurrection.
    Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made by History, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Crofter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crofter. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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