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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)
- sharecropper
Derived terms
Further reading
- mezzadro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana