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crofter

noun

Etymology

From croft + -er.

  1. derived from *grewb-✻ — “to bend; arch, crook, curve”
  2. inherited from *kruftaz✻ — “a hill; a curve”
  3. inherited from croft — “enclosed field”
  4. inherited from croft
  5. suffixed as crofter — “croft + er”

Definitions

  1. One who has the tenure of a croft, usually also the occupant and user.

    • The passage is remarkable, as proving that at the end of the eighteenth century the crofters were not only hardly recognized but were at the very bottom of the scale in the rural economy of the Central Highlands.
    • Many of the crofters on Fair Isle and Shetland know as much about the birds as the birders.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA