crofter
crofter noun: one who has the tenure of a croft, usually also the occupant and user.
Noun
crofter (plural crofters)
- One who has the tenure of a croft, usually also the occupant and user.
- c. 1795: Sir John Sinclair
...yet even these sub-divisions are diminished by a still lower order of occupiers (if such they may be deemed) under the name of acre men or crofters. This extraordinary class of cultivators appear to have been quartered upon the tenants after the farms were split down... - The passage is remarkable, as proving that at the end of the eighteenth century the crofters were not only hardly recognized but were at the very bottom of the scale in the rural economy of the Central Highlands.1885, Lord Colin Campbell, The Crofter in History
- c. 1795: Sir John Sinclair
Forms of crofter
| plural | crofters |
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Origin of crofter
From croft + -er.
Words formed from crofter
Questions about crofter
- What does crofter mean?
- Crofter means one who has the tenure of a croft, usually also the occupant and user.
- What part of speech is crofter?
- Crofter is a noun.
- What is the plural of crofter?
- The plural of crofter is crofters.
Words near crofter in the dictionary
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