dwarf-holder
dwarf-holder noun: a poor farmer with a very small holding, especially one smaller than required for subsistence.
Noun
dwarf-holder (plural dwarf-holders)
- A poor farmer with a very small holding, especially one smaller than required for subsistence.
- It represented the rural middle classes against the bigger men, especially against their creditors, but it neither represented nor cared for the dwarf-holders, still less the agricultural labourers.1956, Carlile Aylmer Macartney, October Fifteenth: A History of Modern Hungary, 1929–1945, volume 1, page 122
- The fund would consist of land confiscated from all owners, individual and institutional, who, according to the new bill, held more than was socially acceptable; the confiscated land would be redistributed amongst the landless and the dwarf-holders.1987, Richard J. Crampton, A Short History of Modern Bulgaria, →ISBN, page 89
Forms of dwarf-holder
| plural | dwarf-holders |
|---|---|
| alternative form | dwarfholder |
| alternative form | dwarf holder |
Origin of dwarf-holder
From dwarf + holder, by analogy with smallholder. First attested in the 1930s.
Questions about dwarf-holder
- What does dwarf-holder mean?
- Dwarf-holder means a poor farmer with a very small holding, especially one smaller than required for subsistence.
- What part of speech is dwarf-holder?
- Dwarf-holder is a noun.
- What is the plural of dwarf-holder?
- The plural of dwarf-holder is dwarf-holders.
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