as in gentleman farmer
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Recent Examples of tenant farmer
His great-grandfather had been a slave owner and large landholder; his parents were tenant farmers.
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Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
The film sees tenant farmer Joseph (Cruise) reluctantly flee to the United States with Shannon (Kidman), the rebellious daughter of his wealthy landlord.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 May 2025
The traumatized men told of their efforts to organize a union of Black sharecroppers and tenant farmers to gain economic independence.
—Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made By History, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
The number of new tenant farmers gaining owner-like rights to land through this route in recent years is nominal.
—Tim Hanstad, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2016
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Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
The film sees tenant farmer Joseph (Cruise) reluctantly flee to the United States with Shannon (Kidman), the rebellious daughter of his wealthy landlord.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 May 2025
The traumatized men told of their efforts to organize a union of Black sharecroppers and tenant farmers to gain economic independence.
—Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made By History, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
The number of new tenant farmers gaining owner-like rights to land through this route in recent years is nominal.
—Tim Hanstad, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenant farmer
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Part of his mission as an exemplary gentleman farmer was to convince his peers to attend to their estates and, in so doing, bring them back into the fold of solid Roman traditions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Feb. 2026
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California’s beautiful water was tamed water, a community irrigation water system ideal for the gentleman farmer.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Aug. 2023
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At that time, the union had about two dozen contracts with agricultural growers, a huge decline from about 150 in its heyday.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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Chavez is known nationally for his early organizing in the fields, a hunger strike, a grape boycott and eventual victory in getting growers to negotiate with farmworkers for better wages and working conditions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Tenant farmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenant%20farmer. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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