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Definition of Cropper
1. Noun. Small farmers and tenants.
Generic synonyms: Agricultural Laborer, Agricultural Labourer
Definition of Cropper
1. n. One that crops.
Definition of Cropper
1. Proper noun. (surname A=An English occupational from=Middle English dot=) for a cropper. ¹
2. Noun. a fall, a tumble; see come a cropper ¹
3. Noun. a breed of domestic pigeon with large crop ¹
4. Noun. a person who nurtures and gathers a crop ¹
5. Noun. a variety of plant producing a good harvest ¹
6. Noun. A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cropper
1. one that crops [n -S] - See also: crops
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cropper
Literary usage of Cropper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"Where the landlord furnishes to the cropper everything to make the crop, except
labor, and that is furnished by the cropper and his family, the net amount ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"cropper was an adherent of Erasmus, and aided the At First a reform efforts ...
cropper took a zealous part in the negotiations for church union and in the ..."
3. The Economics of Land Tenure in Georgia by Enoch Marvin Banks (1905)
"and the cropper, making the share of each $157. In the end the cropper gets
whatever is left over after his family account is settled at the neighboring ..."
4. A New American Biographical Dictionary, Or, Remembrancer of the Departed by Thomas Jones Rogers (1824)
"Major cropper then retreated with the remainder of the regiment, ... On Chester
bridge, major cropper was met by general Washington and general Woodford. ..."
5. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"Small round, very rough dark skin ; a good cropper, but much diseased. ...
Medium size, half round ; a moderate cropper and badly diseased. ..."
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