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sharecropper

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • CMU ARPABET: SH EH1 R K R AA2 P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who enters a sharecropping agreement with a land owner; one who sharecrops.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A fiction book set in a fictional universe created by a different author, typically produced under licence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: attributive

Topics: media, publishing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

small farmers and tenants

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cropper, sharecrop farmer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: agricultural laborer, agricultural labourer

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: изполичар (izpoličar) — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • Catalan: masover — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • Chinese Mandarin: 佃農 /佃农 (diàn nóng) — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • Dutch: deelpachter — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • Dutch: deelbouwer — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • Finnish: vuokraviljelijä — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • French: métayer — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • French: métayère — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • French: colon — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • French: méger — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • Galician: parceiro — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • Galician: foreiro — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • German: Naturalpächter — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • German: Halbpächter — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • German: Teilpächter — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • Greek: μεσιακάρης (mesiakáris) — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • Greek: κολίγας (kolígas) — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • Italian: mezzadro — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • Macedonian: исполичар (ispoličar) — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • Macedonian: наполичар (napoličar) — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • Polish: połownik — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • Portuguese: parceiro rural — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • Portuguese: meeiro — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • Russian: испольщик (ispolʹščik) — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • Russian: издо́льщик (izdólʹščik) — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • Sicilian: javiḍḍottu — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • Sicilian: gabbillottu — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner
  • Spanish: aparcero — a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner