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One who has the tenure of a croft, usually also the occupant and user.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- c. 1795: Sir John Sinclair ...yet even these sub-divisions are diminished by a still lower order of occupiers (if such they may be deemed) under the name of acre men or crofters. This extraordinary class of cultivators appear to have been quartered upon the tenants after the farms were split down into their smallest size: the crofters being a species of sub-tenants on the farms to which they are respectively attached
Meaning relationships
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an owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: small farmer
Etymology tree English croft Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English crofter From croft + -er.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
torppari
— one who has the tenure of a croft
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Finnish:
mäkitupalainen
— one who has the tenure of a croft
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Manx:
croiteyr
— one who has the tenure of a croft
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Scottish Gaelic:
croitear
— one who has the tenure of a croft
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Swedish:
torpare
— one who has the tenure of a croft
