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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
An English surname originating as an occupation for a cropper.
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name
An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Kentucky, United States, named after founder James Cropper.
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name
A hamlet in Osleston and Thurvaston parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2335).
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noun
A fall, a tumble; a decided failure.
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noun
A breed of domestic pigeon with large crop.
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noun
A person who nurtures and gathers a crop.
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noun
A variety of plant producing a good harvest.
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noun
A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.
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noun
small farmers and tenants
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sharecropper, sharecrop farmer
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Broader terms: agricultural laborer, agricultural labourer
History
See come a cropper.
From crop + -er, in reference to a bird's crop.
From crop + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (relational suffix), in reference to agricultural crops.
From crop + -er, from the verb.
