torppari

torppa +‎ -ari or directly from Swedish torpare < torp + -are

• IPA^(key): /ˈtorpːɑri/,
• Rhymes: -orpːɑri
• Hyphenation^(key): torp‧pa‧ri

torppari

1. (historical) crofter (tenant farmer who paid his rent chiefly by working for the landlord, and earned his own living chiefly from the rented land)
2. (figuratively, ironic, by extension) any person who is in a long-term relation in which he/she feels that the best part of his work goes to the benefit of someone else

   pankin torppari ― a holder of a large mortgage

• vuokraviljelijä (“tenant farmer”)

• lampuoti
• loinen
• muonamies
• mäkitupalainen
• torppa

• “torppari”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03