sharecropper
noun
a tenant farmer who pays as rent a share of the crop.
sharecroppers
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pluralof sharecropper.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Duncan was born Ruby Lee Phillips on June 7, 1932, near Tallulah, La., where her parents, Ida Bolden and Joseph Phillips, were sharecroppers on a white-owned plantation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
That gave companies better proximity to the cotton crop, often harvested by formerly enslaved people now working as poorly paid sharecroppers.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2024
"I come from a proud line of sharecroppers and cowboys. My grandfather was buried in his cowboy boots," she shares.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2024
His parents, Lemius and Eunice Sonnier, were sharecroppers, and young Joel and his older brother, P.J., picked cotton alongside them from an early age.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
He reminds me of the poor white sharecroppers who tilled Mr. Thompson’s land.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
