tenant farmer

noun

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: a farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or in shares of produce

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For long-time tenant farmers like Landon and Shannon Barrier and their children, who produce non-GMO grain, hay and livestock across 2,000 regional acres, the Locust deal offers critical stability. — Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2026 The village’s Sikh landowners and Muslim tenant farmers have coexisted for generations. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026 Marc Savoy was on his grandfather’s farm in Eunice, Louisiana, on the Prairie Faquetaïque, and something enchanting was rising from the catalpa grove, where a tenant farmer named Hiram Courville lived. — Jeanne Malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026 Set in the Bangladeshi countryside during a pre-digital era, the film centers on Sadu, an impoverished tenant farmer who lives in isolation with his volatile wife. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for tenant farmer

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First Known Use

1748, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tenant farmer was in 1748

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tenant farmer

noun
: a farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or in shares of produce

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