Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

smallholder

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

Syllables: small-hold-er
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who owns or runs a smallholding (small farm): a minor independent farmer.

noun

A small slaveholder: a person who owns a smallholding (small plantation with slavery).

American usage

Example Sentences

"[…] planters and smallholders alike controlled far more than their equitable share of the political power and economic resources in their communities. Because small slaveholders aspired to be planters, they did not often align themselves with the political and economic interests of nonslaveholders."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

smallholders (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

landholding

Questions

What does smallholder mean?: A person who owns or runs a smallholding (small farm): a minor independent farmer.

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