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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A soft-spoken young man, Jesse Owens was the son of black Alabama sharecroppers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
"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
Lewis was born in 1940 as one of 10 children of Alabama sharecroppers and rose to become an icon of the Civil Rights Movement and a lion of the U.S.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 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
It looked to be a good harvest this year, though in the way of sharecroppers, they had to pay off the landowner first.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
