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by·wo·ner \ˈbīˌvōnə(r), ˈbāˌv-\ noun (-s) 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 — more at by, wont southern Africa : a laborer or farmer working another person's land: a. : squatter b. : sharecropper |