sharecropper

noun [C] /ˈʃerˌkrɑp·ər, ˈʃær-/

Definition

› US history a member of a low social class of farm workers who receive a share of the value of the crop and who must pay the farm owner for seed, tools, food, and a place to live

(Definition of sharecropper noun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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