What does sharecropper mean?

n. A person who works on someone else's land and gives a part of the crops they grow to the landowner as payment.

sharecropper

🇺🇸 /ˈʃerkrɑːpər/ 🇬🇧 /ˈʃeəkrɒpə(r)/

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noun

A person who works on someone else's land and gives a part of the crops they grow to the landowner as payment.

During the Great Depression, many sharecroppers struggled to make ends meet.

A person who works on someone else's land and gives a part of the crops they grow to the landowner as payment.

Plural sharecroppers