mezzadro

Italian

Etymology

Of northern Italian origin, from Late Latin mediator (via the nominative), from Latin medius. Cf. also French métayer, Spanish mediero, Sicilian mitateri. Doublet of mediatore.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /medˈd͡za.dro/
  • Rhymes: -adro
  • Hyphenation: mez‧zà‧dro

Noun

mezzadro m (plural mezzadri, feminine mezzadra)

  1. sharecropper

Derived terms

Further reading

  • mezzadro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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