crofter

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crofter

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One who has the tenure of a croft, usually also the occupant and user. c. 1795: Sir John Sinclair ...yet even these sub-divisions are diminished by a still lower order of occupiers (if such they may be deemed) under the name of acre men or crofters. This extraordinary class of cultivators appear to have been quartered upon the tenants after the farms were split down in

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@misc{crofter_2026,
  title = {crofter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crofter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}