English Explanatory Dictionary

metayer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who cultivates land for a share (usually half) of its yield, receiving stock, tools, and seed from the landlord.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

metayer metayers

Etymology

Borrowed from French métayer.

Related words

metayage sharecropper
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