sharecropper

[ shair-krop-er ]
/ ˈʃɛərˌkrɒp ər /

noun

a tenant farmer who pays as rent a share of the crop.

Origin of sharecropper

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; share1 + cropper

British Dictionary definitions for sharecropper

sharecropper
/ (ˈʃɛəˌkrɒpə) /

noun

mainly US a farmer, esp a tenant farmer, who pays over a proportion of a crop or crops as rent