Phrase guide

tenant farmer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who farms land rented from a landlord.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a farmer who works land owned by someone else

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: farmer, husbandman, granger, sodbuster, tenant

History

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِرِّيس (ʔirrīs) — person who farms land rented from a landlord
  • Asturian: llevador — person who farms land rented from a landlord
  • Catalan: masover — person who farms land rented from a landlord
  • Chinese Mandarin: 佃農 /佃农 (diànnóng) — person who farms land rented from a landlord
  • Chinese Mandarin: 佃戶 /佃户 (diànhù) — person who farms land rented from a landlord
  • Dutch: landpachter — person who farms land rented from a landlord
  • Esperanto: farmisto — person who farms land rented from a landlord
  • Finnish: vuokraviljelijä — person who farms land rented from a landlord
  • French: fermier — person who farms land rented from a landlord
  • German: Landpächter — person who farms land rented from a landlord
  • Greek: μισακάρης (misakáris) — person who farms land rented from a landlord
  • Greek: μισακάρισσα (misakárissa) — person who farms land rented from a landlord
  • Irish: tionónta — person who farms land rented from a landlord
  • Italian: affittuario — person who farms land rented from a landlord
  • Italian: fittavolo — person who farms land rented from a landlord
  • Macedonian: исполичар (ispoličar) — person who farms land rented from a landlord
  • Macedonian: наполичар (napoličar) — person who farms land rented from a landlord
  • Norwegian Bokmål: leilending — person who farms land rented from a landlord
  • Spanish: inquilino — person who farms land rented from a landlord
  • Yiddish: פּאַכטער (pakhter) — person who farms land rented from a landlord