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
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of sharecropper
This most recent suite was inspired by a photo of a meteorite in an antique geology textbook, whose caption described its near-collision with an unnamed sharecropper in nineteen-twenties Mississippi.
—
Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The idea was developed based on communal or cooperative communities in Israel and was implemented to help Black sharecroppers in Southwest Georgia who were being forced off their land by white farmers because of their participation in the Civil Rights Movement.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Apr. 2025
Born in West Virginia to parents who were sharecroppers, Ella P. Stewart was endowed with persistence and motivation in equal measure.
—Sara Ivry, JSTOR Daily, 19 Feb. 2025
She was born in 1919 in Plant City in central Florida to sharecropper parents, who also picked strawberries for a living.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sharecropper
Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The idea was developed based on communal or cooperative communities in Israel and was implemented to help Black sharecroppers in Southwest Georgia who were being forced off their land by white farmers because of their participation in the Civil Rights Movement.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Apr. 2025
Born in West Virginia to parents who were sharecroppers, Ella P. Stewart was endowed with persistence and motivation in equal measure.
—Sara Ivry, JSTOR Daily, 19 Feb. 2025
She was born in 1919 in Plant City in central Florida to sharecropper parents, who also picked strawberries for a living.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sharecropper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sharecropper
Noun
-
There’s a growing group of modern-day families choosing to leave the materialistic world behind and become homesteaders—off the land and completely self-sufficient.—
Megan Margulies,
Outside Online,
16 July 2025
-
His first thought was that this would be a large enough area for hikers to wander around for extended periods, experiencing the classic Ozark Mountain wildness that the original homesteaders of the 1820s had known.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
6 July 2025
Noun
-
Matías Litvak – An Argentine cultivator and activist based in Israel, Litvak oversaw cannabis R&D at Bar-Ilan University’s grow facilities.—
Javier Hasse,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
-
To make their product, the food company’s scientists collect living cells from Pacific salmon and grow them in cell cultivators that mimic the inside of a wild fish—controlling factors like temperature, pH and nutrients, per their website.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2025
Noun
-
The expansive 80-seat deck’s planters bloom with wildflowers, and the space offers front-row views of the Flatirons.—
Brittany Anas,
Denver Post,
23 June 2025
-
This section is bursting at the seams with bird feeders, gardening tools, planters, and more gardening accessories.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 July 2025
Noun
-
Likewise, the training staff has performed yeoman’s work tending to the Orlando native.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
-
My own life as a dismally low-ranking yeoman began just out of high school.—
Charles Hammer,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2025
Cite this Entry
“Sharecropper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharecropper. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share