How to Pronounce "sharecropper"
word
ˈʃɛɹˌkɹɑpɝ
SHAIR-krah-per
ʃˈeəkɹɒpɐ
SHAIR-krop-uh
Definition
A sharecropper is a farmer who works land owned by someone else and pays part of the crops as rent instead of money.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈʃɛɹˌkɹɑpɝ
British English
ʃˈeəkɹɒpɐ
Simplified Pronunciation
US
SHAIR-krah-per
UK
SHAIR-krop-uh
Listen in Context
The sharecropper planted cotton every spring.
The sharecropper gave half his crops to the landowner.
Many sharecroppers lived in simple houses near the fields.
As a child, my grandfather worked as a sharecropper in Mississippi.