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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Métayer

/(F. ?; E. ?)/ · Mé·ta·yer · IPA
01 n. One who cultivates land for a share (usually one half) of its yield, receiving stock, tools, and seed from the landlord; a type of sharecropper.
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    One who cultivates land for a share (usually one half) of its yield, receiving stock, tools, and seed from the landlord; a type of sharecropper.[France & Italy]