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View synonyms for crofter
crofter
[ krawf-ter, krof- ]
noun
, British.
- a person who rents and works a small farm, especially in Scotland or northern England.
ˈcrofter
/ ˈkrɒftə /
noun
- an owner or tenant of a small farm, esp in Scotland or northern England
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The crofter who owned the lurcher dog lived a couple of miles off, so it was time for us to be on foot.
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His father was a crofter on a little island somewhere near Skye.
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It was recited to me, over against Dûn-I, by a friend who is a crofter in that part of Iona.
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To solve it is to explain the crofter question without the aid of a Royal Commission.
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Only by a polite figure of speech can the stone pile in which the Hebridean crofter makes his home be called a cottage.
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