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

• mezzadria

Further reading

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