Definition of Crofter. Meaning of Crofter. Synonyms of Crofter

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Definition of Crofter

Crofter
Crofter Croft"er (-?r), n. One who rents and tills a small farm or helding; as, the crofters of Scotland.

Meaning of Crofter from wikipedia

- usually small and arable, and usually, but not always, with a crofter's dwelling thereon. A crofter is one who has tenure and use of the land, typically as...
- The Crofters' Party was the parliamentary arm of the Highland Land League. It gained five MPs in the 1885 general election and a sixth the following year...
- and Clark Graebner, and their tennis match at Forest Hills in 1968. The Crofter and the Laird 1970 New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN 0-374-13192-9...
- definitions of crofting parish and crofter, granted security of land tenure to crofters and produced the first Crofters Commission, a land court which ruled...
- were expected to work in other industries such as kelping and fishing. Crofters came to rely substantially on seasonal migrant work, particularly in the...
- and a large area of poorer-quality hill ground was shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing of their livestock. In the 21st century, crofting...
- Biography. 84 (1): 100–102. JSTOR 4248011. Devine, T M (1994). Clanship to Crofters' War: The social transformation of the Scottish Highlands (2013 ed.). Manchester...
- Commission (Scottish Gaelic: Coimisean na Croitearachd) took the place of the Crofters Commission (Scottish Gaelic: Coimisean nan Croitearan) on 1 April 2012...
- called the Scottish Crofting Foundation (also formerly called the Scottish Crofters Union), is an organization of crofting communities in the highlands and...
- Dingwall. Major General Sir Hector Archibald MacDonald, Son of a local Crofter at Rootfield, Dingwall. John M'Gilligen of Fodderty who held conventicles...