Metayers [noun]

Definition of Metayers:

farmer of rented land

The metayer system was in vogue, especially on temple lands.

This arrangement probably answers two purposes, economy is effected, and fraud prevented on the part of the metayer.

By dint of uncompromising economy, the metayer may ultimately become a small owner.

But in many cases the natives had an interest in the crops on something like a metayer system.