Tenant Farmer (Noun)
Meaning
A farmer who works land owned by someone else.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The tenant farmer signed a new lease to use the land for another five years.
- Tenant farmers often have limited control over the land they work on due to their leasing agreements.
- In medieval Europe, tenant farmers were required to give a portion of their crops to the lord of the manor as payment for the land use.
- After farming the same plot of land for years, the tenant farmer was forced to vacate when the owner decided to sell the property.
- Tenant farmers may face uncertainty about their future due to the possibility of lease terminations or rent increases.