Sharecropper vs Tenant - What's the difference?
sharecropper | tenant |
A person who enters an agreement with a land owner to farm the land and then pay a portion (share) of the produce as rent. One who sharecrops.
One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.
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One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.
* Cowper
* Cowley
* Byron
(legal) One who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership.
As nouns the difference between sharecropper and tenant
is that sharecropper is a person who enters an agreement with a land owner to farm the land and then pay a portion (share) of the produce as rent one who sharecrops while tenant is one who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.As a verb tenant is
to hold as, or be, a tenant.sharecropper
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(en noun)tenant
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Alternative forms
* tenaunt (obsolete) * tennant (obsolete) * tennaunt (obsolete)Noun
(Leasehold estate) (en noun)- sweet tenants of this grove
- the happy tenant of your shade
- the sister tenants of the middle deep