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bywoner

noun
by·​wo·​ner | \ ˈbīˌvōnə(r), ˈbāˌv-\
plural -s

Definition of bywoner

southern Africa
: a laborer or farmer working another person's land:
a : squatter
b : sharecropper

History and Etymology for bywoner

Afrikaans, from by with, at (from Middle Dutch bī) + woner dweller (from woon to dwell—from Middle Dutch wōnen—+ -er); akin to Old High German bī with, at, and to Old High German wonēn to dwell

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