métayer

See also: metayer

French

Etymology

From an alteration of Old French moitoier, moitoieor, moitieur, from Late Latin medietārius, from Latin medius (“middle, half”). Or alternatively from moitié +‎ -ier. See also Italian mezzadro, Spanish mediero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.tɛ.je/, /me.te.je/

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Noun

métayer m (plural métayers, feminine métayère)

1. sharecropper, metayer [from mid-12th c.]

   Synonym: (archaic) méger

Derived terms

• métairie
• métayage

Related terms

• médiateur
• moitié
• mitoyen

Further reading

• “métayer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.