noun🔗ShareMétayersA person who enters an agreement with a land owner to farm the land and then pay a portion (share) of the produce as rent; one who sharecrops."After the Civil War, many formerly enslaved people became sharecroppers, farming land owned by others and giving a large part of their crops to the landowner. "Après la guerre de Sécession, de nombreuses personnes autrefois esclaves sont devenues des métayers, cultivant des terres appartenant à d'autres et donnant une grande partie de leurs récoltes au propriétaire.personagriculturejobhistoryeconomysocietypropertyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading