antirenter

English

Alternative forms

anti-renter

Etymology

From anti- +‎ rent +‎ -er.

Noun

antirenter (plural antirenters)

  1. Someone who opposes the payment of rent; especially one during the Anti-Rent War in the mid 1800s, who resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York.

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