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metayage

metayage noun: a kind of sharecropping system.

Noun

metayage (uncountable)

  1. A kind of sharecropping system.

Origin of metayage

French métayage.

Questions about metayage

What does metayage mean?
Metayage means a kind of sharecropping system.
What part of speech is metayage?
Metayage is a noun.

Words near metayage in the dictionary

  1. metaxylems
  2. metaxylene
  3. metaxylenes
  4. metaxylohydroquinone
  5. metaxylohydroquinones
  6. metayage
  7. metayer
  8. metayers
  9. metazachlor
  10. metazellerite
  11. metazeunerite

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