antirenter
English
Etymology
Noun
antirenter (plural antirenters)
- One who opposes the payment of rent; especially one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York.
Related terms
- antirent
- antirentism
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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