单词 | sharefarmer |
释义 | sharefarmern. Chiefly Australian. A person who farms another's land in return for a share of the profits. Also more generally: any sharecropper. Cf. métayer n., sharefarming n. ΚΠ 1874 Monthly Rep. U.S. Dept. Agric. Nov.–Dec. 502 These share farmers are known as ‘metayers’. 1928 R. G. Stapledon Tour Austral. & N.Z. iv. 28 Many successful men have started as share-farmers. 2021 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 16 June (Wrap section) 7 With the first year as a sharefarmer under his belt, Lachlan said he hoped to continue to improve both his management and the production of his herd. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1874 |
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