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Crofter

Definition: Crofter

Crofter

Noun

1. An owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Crosswords: Crofter

English words defined with "crofter": croft. (references)
Specialty definitions using "crofter": ROYCROFTER. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Crofter

DomainTitle

Books

  • A summary of the mineral resources of the Crofter Counties of Scotland, comprising Argyllshire, Caithness, Inverness-shire, Orkney and Shetland, Ross and Cromarty, and Sutherland (reference)

  • Crofter and the Laird (reference)

  • Evaluation of the aggregate resources of the northern and western part of the Crofter Counties of Scotland (reference)

  • Help Us to a Better Land: Crofter Colonies in the Prairie West (Canadian Plains Studies, No 25) (reference)

  • Willie Gavin, Crofter Man (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Crofter

"Crofter" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.61% of the time. "Crofter" is used about 41 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)75.61%3162,296
Noun (proper)24.39%10111,207
                    Total100.00%41N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Crofter

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "crofter": crofter-managed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Crofter

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

crofter furniture

5

crofter

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Crofter

Language Translations for "crofter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

chalupník, drobný pachtýř. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

torppari (leaseholder, tenant). (various references)

   

German

  

kleinpächter. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μικροκαλλιεργητήσ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kisgazda (smallholder, yeoman, yeomen), kisbérlő (smallholder). (various references)

   

Manx

  

croiteyr (subsistence farmer). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oftercray

   

Portuguese

  

arrendatário (farmer, leaseholder, lessee, renter, sharecropper, tenant). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

mic arendaş. (various references)

   

Scottish

  

croitear. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

arrendatario (householder, leaseholder, lessee, renter, tenant). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

torpare, backstugusittare. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

küçük araziyi işleten çiftçi, çiftçi (agricultural laborer, agricultural labourer, agriculturalist, agriculturist, bucolic, cultivator, farmer, hillbilly, husbandman, ploughman, plowman, yeoman). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

дрібний фермер (selector). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Crofter

Derivations

Words beginning with "crofter": crofters. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Crofter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Croetzer, crofted, crote, crotte, Crwother. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Crofter"

Words rhyming with "crofter" (pronounced 'Croft"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Crofter

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-f-o-r-r-t"

-1 letter: forcer, rector.

-2 letters: corer, croft, crore, fetor, force, forte, frore, ofter, recto, retro.

-3 letters: cero, coft, core, corf, cote, fore, fort, fret, froe, reft, rote, torc, tore, torr, tref.

-4 letters: cor, cot, eft, err, fer, fet, foe, for, fro, oft, orc, ore, ort, rec, ref, ret, roc, roe, rot, toe, tor.

-5 letters: ef, er, et.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-f-o-r-r-t"
 

+1 letter: crofters.

 

+2 letters: comforter, forecourt, refectory, reflector, refractor.

 

+3 letters: comforters, confronter, cotransfer, forecaster, forecourts, hovercraft, reflectors, refraction, refractors, refractory, undercroft.

 

+4 letters: confronters, cotransfers, counterfire, electroform, forecasters, hovercrafts, perfunctory, rarefaction, refectories, refractions, undercrofts, vociferator.

 

+5 letters: counterfired, counterfires, counterforce, counteroffer, craftsperson, electroforms, floriculture, fluorimetric, fluorometric, motherfucker, postfracture, rarefactions, reflectorize, refractories, refractorily, vociferators.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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