"smallholder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: smallholders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} smallholder (plural smallholders)
  1. A person who owns or runs a smallholding (small farm): a minor independent farmer. Categories (topical): People Translations (a person who owns or runs a smallholding): дребен собственик на земя (dreben sobstvenik na zemja) (Bulgarian), husmand [common-gender] (Danish), keuterboer (Dutch), pientilallinen (Finnish), petit exploitant [masculine] (French), μικροκαλλιεργητής (mikrokalliergitís) [masculine] (Greek), kisgazda (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-smallholder-en-noun-en:farmer_with_small_independent_farm Disambiguation of People: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'a person who owns or runs a smallholding': 57 43
  2. (US, historical) A small slaveholder: a person who owns a smallholding (small plantation with slavery). Tags: US, historical Categories (topical): Agriculture, People, Slavery
    Sense id: en-smallholder-en-noun-tD~XavXl Disambiguation of Agriculture: 29 71 Disambiguation of People: 46 54 Disambiguation of Slavery: 35 65 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: landholding

Inflected forms

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