TENANT FARMER Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

tenant farmer

noun

Definition of tenant farmer next

as in gentleman farmer

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Examples of tenant farmer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Large tracts such as Brown’s Inheritance were often inhabited by tenant farmers who worked the land for owners who lived elsewhere. —

Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2024 New York passed the first anti-mask law in 1845 in response to a tenant farmer rebellion that turned violent. —

Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 15 May 2024 Even after slavery’s end, the region continued its reliance on oppressed labor – sharecroppers, tenant farmers, and people who had been convicted of crimes. —

Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2024 When the Great Famine of 1847 forced Irish tenant farmers to flee Ireland, many eventually found their way to Baltimore County and to the settlement of Texas, in particular. —

Melissa Whatley, Baltimore Sun, 22 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tenant farmer

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