as in gentleman farmer
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Recent Examples of tenant farmer
The film sees tenant farmer Joseph (Cruise) reluctantly flee to the United States with Shannon (Kidman), the rebellious daughter of his wealthy landlord.
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 May 2025
The traumatized men told of their efforts to organize a union of Black sharecroppers and tenant farmers to gain economic independence.
—Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made By History, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
This economic bondage, called sharecropping, was a system by which tenant farmers rented land from large landowners.
—David Cason, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
Black sharecroppers and tenant farmers were plotting an insurrection.
—Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made By History, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 May 2025
The traumatized men told of their efforts to organize a union of Black sharecroppers and tenant farmers to gain economic independence.
—Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made By History, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
This economic bondage, called sharecropping, was a system by which tenant farmers rented land from large landowners.
—David Cason, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
Black sharecroppers and tenant farmers were plotting an insurrection.
—Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made By History, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenant farmer
gentleman farmer
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Dior himself was a gentleman farmer, and his ornamental garden has been preserved.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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California’s beautiful water was tamed water, a community irrigation water system ideal for the gentleman farmer.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Aug. 2023
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“Tenant farmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenant%20farmer. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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