Meaning of smallholder | Babel Free
Definitions
- A person who owns or runs a smallholding (small farm): a minor independent farmer.
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A small slaveholder: a person who owns a smallholding (small plantation with slavery). US, historical
Equivalents
Dansk
husmand
Ελληνικά
μικροκαλλιεργητής
Français
petit exploitant
Magyar
kisgazda
日本語
小農
Nederlands
keuterboer
Polski
małorolny
Português
parvifundiário
Svenska
småbonde
Examples
“[…] planters and smallholders alike controlled far more than their equitable share of the political power and economic resources in their communities. Because small slaveholders aspired to be planters, they did not often align themselves with the political and economic interests of nonslaveholders.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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