metayer

Example Sentences

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But it was the interest of both to work well together, and it was the duty of the landlord to assist the métayer as much as possible, especially when times were hard.

From Two Summers in Guyenne by Barker, Edward Harrison

He never worried his métayer over money matters, or insisted upon seeing that everything was equally divided.

From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Barker, Edward Harrison

The métayer acts as guide, and his services are indispensable, for there are few subterranean labyrinths so extensive and so puzzling as this.

From Two Summers in Guyenne by Barker, Edward Harrison

Would he—on the métayer system—consent to give half of his harvest to the landowner?

From The Conquest of Bread by Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kniaz

He could take care that nothing was done which did not please him, for the métayer or colon was on no firmer footing than that of an upper servant.

From Two Summers in Guyenne by Barker, Edward Harrison