métayer
a person who works the land using tools, seed, etc., furnished by the landlord and who receives a share of the harvest in compensation.
Origin of métayer
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How to use métayer in a sentence
But the truth is that the métayer was not a free tenant in the sense which we attach to the word.
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) | John MorleyJamet métayer paid twenty crowns for four sheets in Italics; he demanded three months for the work.
The Printed Book | Henri BouchotThe workshop of Jamet métayer, of Tours, cost a rent of eighty-three crowns—about twenty pounds of current money.
The Printed Book | Henri BouchotWould he—on the métayer system—consent to give half of his harvest to the landowner?
The Conquest of Bread | Peter KropotkinThe land was already cultivated on the métayer system, half the crop going to the tenant—a state of things advantageous all round.
The Evolution of States | J. M. Robertson
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