"marginal farmer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: marginal farmers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} marginal farmer (plural marginal farmers)
  1. A farmer with a bare subsistence level of income from their own land, sometimes working as an agricultural laborer.
    Sense id: en-marginal_farmer-en-noun-qvlvN5Yw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see marginal, farmer.
    Sense id: en-marginal_farmer-en-noun-zGJLyAhU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (farmer cultivating a very small plot): mikroviljelijä (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'farmer cultivating a very small plot': 48 52

Inflected forms

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