as in homesteader
a farmer especially in the southern U.S. who raises crops for the owner of a piece of land and is paid a portion of the money from the sale of the crops
grew up the child of a poor sharecropper
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Recent Examples of sharecropper
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The procession stopped at the farm where the future president toiled alongside the Black sharecroppers who worked for his father.
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Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
Written in clear, confident prose, the book captured the profound influence of the land and the people -- especially the Black sharecroppers who helped raise him.
—Philip Martin, arkansasonline.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Jordan’s family inspired him to pursue medicine, as his grandfather John Henry Jordan, the son of a sharecropper, was the first Black doctor in Coweta County, Georgia.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 31 Dec. 2024
His mother's independence as a nurse who ignored many of the Jim Crow South's racial segregation customs, and his exposure to Black playmates, clerics and, neighboring sharecroppers, formed his eventual embrace of equal opportunity for all Americans.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
Written in clear, confident prose, the book captured the profound influence of the land and the people -- especially the Black sharecroppers who helped raise him.
—Philip Martin, arkansasonline.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Jordan’s family inspired him to pursue medicine, as his grandfather John Henry Jordan, the son of a sharecropper, was the first Black doctor in Coweta County, Georgia.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 31 Dec. 2024
His mother's independence as a nurse who ignored many of the Jim Crow South's racial segregation customs, and his exposure to Black playmates, clerics and, neighboring sharecroppers, formed his eventual embrace of equal opportunity for all Americans.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sharecropper
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Anderson believes most of Florida’s raw milk sellers are homesteaders, many of them born out of the COVID-19 pandemic when people were stuck at home and began turning to new practices such as baking homemade sourdough bread, growing fresh vegetables in a backyard garden, and even farming.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Nov. 2024
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As a Black homesteader myself, I've been met with resistance to farm work in my networks.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Detroit Free Press,
27 Nov. 2024
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Proposed businesses, which include cultivators, retailers and testing facilities, have until March 14 to get their applications in.—
Torey Van Oot,
Axios,
18 Feb. 2025
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Selling her winter black truffles at $85 per ounce, Martin said her prices generally compete with Italian cultivators’.—
Alexandra Byrne,
NBC News,
10 Feb. 2025
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Use them to create stylish walls, furniture, outdoor bars, planters, raised garden beds, and more.—
Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Mar. 2025
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They can be planted in pots, containers, borders, beds, planters and much more.—
Nora Colomer,
Fox News,
7 Mar. 2025
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Among those doing yeoman work was the Spectrum News One service run by Charter Spectrum, the nation’s biggest cable provider.—
David Bloom,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Our Ed Whelan and Andy McCarthy have done yeoman’s work in ensuring that a story the DOJ wanted buried would see the light of day.—
The Editors,
National Review,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Sharecropper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharecropper. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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