crofter
Highland tenant farmer
A crofter is a person who farms a croft—a small agricultural holding, especially in Scotland or northern England.
Crofters typically rent their land and work it for subsistence rather than commercial farming.
The term carries associations with traditional Highland Scottish life and the historical struggles over land rights: Her grandfather was a crofter on the Isle of Skye.
Farmer of limited land
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
- husbandmanOne who farms land
- cultivatorSoil-turning implement
- tillerBoat steering lever
ploughman · sower · harvester · grower · peasant · shepherd · grazier · cropper
Named elevated regions
- ScotlandNorthern British nation
- GaelicCeltic linguistic tradition
- ceilidhScottish social dance gathering
- clansRelated family groups
tartan · tweed · bagpipes · oral-history · storytelling · fiddling · clearances · township
Small rural home
- bothyRustic highland shelter
- hearthFireplace floor area
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- bungalowOne-story house with porch
cabin · hut · smallholding · outbuildings · byre · coziness · fireside · domesticity
Storyline or land parcel
- acreageAmount of land owned
- tillageSoil preparation for planting
- infieldBaseball's inner diamond
- outfieldField beyond bases
fallow · runrig · enclosure · pasture · moorland · cultivation
Woolly farm animal
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- poultryBirds raised for food
- goatsHorned farm ruminants
- pigsDomesticated farm swine
shearing · lambing · herding · grazing · flock · fold · stockman · wool
Independence from outside aid
- smallholdingSmall cultivated land parcel
- kitchen-gardenPlot for growing edibles
- preservingProtecting from deterioration
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
fishing · barter · hardship · frugality · resilience · resourcefulness · hand-tools
smallholder
Farmer of limited land
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
- husbandmanOne who farms land
- cultivatorSoil-turning implement
tiller · ploughman · sower · harvester · grower · peasant · shepherd · grazier · cropper · yeoman
Highlands
Named elevated regions
- ScotlandNorthern British nation
- GaelicCeltic linguistic tradition
- ceilidhScottish social dance gathering
clans · tartan · tweed · bagpipes · oral-history · storytelling · fiddling · clearances · township · runrig
cottage
Small rural home
bungalow · cabin · hut · smallholding · outbuildings · byre · coziness · fireside · domesticity · shelter
plot
Storyline or land parcel
outfield · fallow · runrig · enclosure · pasture · moorland · cultivation
sheep
Woolly farm animal
pigs · shearing · lambing · herding · grazing · flock · fold · stockman · wool · fleece
self-sufficiency
Independence from outside aid
- smallholdingSmall cultivated land parcel
- kitchen-gardenPlot for growing edibles
- preservingProtecting from deterioration
foraging · fishing · barter · hardship · frugality · resilience · resourcefulness · hand-tools
- farm workersfarmer, farmworker, hired hand, field hand, farm laborer
- farmersfarmer, grower, smallholder, cultivator, rancher
- farmworkersfarmhand, farmworker, farm laborer, field hand, farm hand
- rural peoplefarmer, villagers, farmhand, farmworker, farmers
- medieval villagersfarmer, shepherd, peasant, villager, milkmaid
- rural workerspeasant, farm laborer, farmhand, farmworker, field hand
crofterlandowner
One possessing real estate
landlord · laird · estate owner · landed gentry · freeholder
crofterplantation owner
Agricultural estate proprietor
rancher · commercial farmer · cattle baron · gentleman farmer