bywoner
noun
by·wo·ner
ˈbīˌvōnə(r),
ˈbāˌv-
plural -s
southern Africa
: a laborer or farmer working another person's land:
a
: squatter
b
: sharecropper
Word History
Etymology
Afrikaans, from by with, at (from Middle Dutch bī) + woner dweller (from woon to dwell—from Middle Dutch wōnen—+ -er); akin to Old High German bī with, at, and to Old High German wonēn to dwell