fullholder
fullholder noun: a freeholder who farms his own land; a yeoman.
Noun
fullholder (plural fullholders)
- A freeholder who farms his own land; a yeoman.
- The few households of fullholders (kmiecie) were well-supplied with servants and with children, the older of whom they could afford to keep at home, even in a married state, rather than sending them out to work as farm servants, as the poorer households did.1998, Tom Scott, The peasantries of Europe, page 183
- Fullholders' grain rents had remained unchanged since 1727, ranging from 3 to 12 bushels per farm.2002, William W. Hagen, Ordinary Prussians, →ISBN, page 320
Forms of fullholder
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Questions about fullholder
- What does fullholder mean?
- Fullholder means a freeholder who farms his own land; a yeoman.
- What part of speech is fullholder?
- Fullholder is a noun.
- What is the plural of fullholder?
- The plural of fullholder is fullholders.
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