Cropper (Noun)
Meaning
Small farmers and tenants.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- As a poor cropper, John struggled to make ends meet due to low crop yields and meager financial assistance from the landowner.
- After losing his lease, James had to search for a new plot of land to continue working as a cropper.
- Due to climate change and lack of support, many small croppers have switched to subsistence farming.
- Most of the village consisted of croppers working small plots of land under sharecropping agreements.
- Although Sarah had dreams of expanding her business, her circumstances forced her to continue as a struggling cropper on a rented piece of land.