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SMALLHOLDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does smallholder mean? 

SMALLHOLDER (noun)
  The noun SMALLHOLDER has 1 sense:

1. a person owning or renting a smallholdingplay

  Familiarity information: SMALLHOLDER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SMALLHOLDER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person owning or renting a smallholding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("smallholder" is a kind of...):

farmer; granger; husbandman; sodbuster (a person who operates a farm)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)


 Context examples 


Also, smallholders who rely on costly imported feed will be hit if a user fee is imposed.

(Eat less meat to cut drug resistance, SciDev.Net)



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